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J.J. Abrams' cinematic re-envisioning of the Star Trek universe portrayed by a new cast, and set in an alternate reality from earlier films and series (referred to as the "Kelvin" timeline).

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Portrayed the character James T. Kirk.

Took on the role of Spock.

Brought the character Leonard 'Bones' McCoy to the screen.

Brought life to the character Nyota Uhura.

Portrayed the character Hikaru Sulu.

Took on the role of Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott.

Brought the character Pavel Chekov to the screen.

Portrayed the character Spock Prime.

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2 hr 8 mins
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Boldly go where no man has gone before as J.J. Abrams resurrects Gene Roddenberry's classic sci-fi franchise with this exhilarating prequel about the formation of the Enterprise's crew. James T. Kirk is forced to take command of the starship after an enemy attack, but he comes into conflict with Spock, who doesn't believe Kirk is qualified to be their captain.

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The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.
On the day of James T. Kirk's birth, his father dies on his damaged starship in a last stand against a Romulan mining vessel looking for Ambassador Spock, who in this time, has grown on Vulcan disdained by his neighbors for his half-human heritage. 25 years later, James T. Kirk has grown into a young rebellious troublemaker. Challenged by Captain Christopher Pike to realize his potential in Starfleet, he comes to annoy academy instructors like Commander Spock. Suddenly, there is an emergency on Vulcan and the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise is crewed with promising cadets like Nyota Uhura, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov and even Kirk himself, thanks to Leonard McCoy's medical trickery. Together, this crew will have an adventure in the final frontier where the old legend is altered forever as a new version of the legend begins. — Paramount Pictures
When a Romulan mining vessel attacks the USS Kelvin, Lt. George Kirk substitutes his captain, who goes to meet the Romulan captain on his vessel to negotiate a ceasefire. He orders the evacuation of the damaged starship, including his wife who goes into labor giving birth to their son James Kirk, and crashes the Kelvin against the vessel. Aboard the USS Enterprise, the most sophisticated starship ever constructed, a novice crew embarks on its maiden voyage. Their path takes them on a collision course with Nero, the Romulan captain from the future whose mission of vengeance threatens the Federation. Once humanity would survive, rebellious young officer James T. Kirk and coolly logical Vulcan officer Spock must move beyond their rivalry and find a way to stop Nero before he destroys Earth. — Blazer346
In 2233, the Federation star ship USS Kelvin is investigating a "lightning storm" in space. A Romulan ship, Narada, emerges from the storm and attacks the Kelvin leaving it defenseless. Narada's first officer, Ayel (Clifton Collins, Jr.), demands that Kelvin's Captain Robau (Faran Tahir) come aboard to negotiate a truce. Robau is questioned about the current star date and an "Ambassador Spock", whom he does not recognize. Narada's commander, Nero (Eric Bana), kills him, and resumes attacking the Kelvin. George Kirk (Chris Hemsworth), Kelvin's first officer, orders the ship's personnel, including his pregnant wife Winona (Jennifer Morrison), to abandon ship while he pilots the Kelvin on a collision course with Narada. Kirk sacrifices his life to ensure Winona's survival as she gives birth to James Tiberius Kirk (Chris Pine). Seventeen years later on the planet Vulcan, a young Spock (Zachary Quinto) is accepted to join the Vulcan Science Academy. He has always been taunted as a half human, half Vulcan by his peers and dislikes references to his human mother in anyway. Realizing that the Academy views his human mother, Amanda (Winona Ryder), as a "disadvantage", he joins Starfleet instead. On Earth, Kirk becomes a reckless but intelligent young adult. Following a bar fight with Starfleet cadets accompanying Nyota Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Kirk meets Captain Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), who encourages him to enlist in Starfleet Academy ("Your dad was the captain of a star ship for 12 mins and saved 800 lives. I dare you to do better"), where Kirk meets and befriends Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Karl Urban) (He lost everything in the divorce, except the bones in his body) Three years later, Commander Spock accuses Kirk of cheating during the Kobayashi Maru simulation. The simulation required cadet captains to face death and protect the crew in a no win scenario, but Kirk cheats and inserts a sub routine to change the scenario and beat it. Kirk argues that cheating was acceptable because the simulation was designed to be unbeatable. Spock argues that Kirk not only cheated but failed to get the most important learning of the simulation that a captain cannot cheat death. The disciplinary hearing is interrupted by a distress signal from Vulcan. With the primary fleet out of range, the cadets are mobilized, with McCoy and Kirk boarding Pike's ship (Kirk is grounded on account of his academic suspension, but McCoy argues that Kirk is his patient and he wont leave for the mission unless he is allowed to bring Kirk along), the Enterprise. Spock considers Uhura as his favorite student and assigns her to the Enterprise. The enterprise is a few minutes late in departing as the new helmsman Pavel Chekov (Anton Yelchin) & Hikaru Sulu had not released the external inertial dampener and hence the warp drive did not engage. Realizing that the "lightning storm" observed near Vulcan (shortly after which Vulcan was attacked by a Romulan ship and sent a distress signal to Earth) is similar to the one that occurred when he was born, Kirk breaks protocol to convince Pike that the distress signal is a trap. When the Enterprise arrives, they find the fleet destroyed and Narada drilling into Vulcan's core. Narada attacks Enterprise and Pike surrenders, delegating command of the ship to Spock and promoting Kirk to first officer. Kirk, Hikaru Sulu (John Cho), and Chief Engineer Olson (Greg Ellis) perform a space jump onto the drilling platform. While Olson is killed mid-jump, Kirk and Sulu successfully reach and disable the drill, but are unable to stop Nero launching "red matter" into Vulcan's core, forming an artificial black hole that destroys Vulcan. The Enterprise manages to rescue Spock's father, Sarek (Ben Cross), and the high council before the planet's destruction, but not his mother Amanda, who falls to her death before the transporter can properly lock onto her. Out of 6 Bn Vulcans only 10,000 are saved. As Narada moves toward Earth, Nero tortures Pike to gain access to Earth's defense codes. Nero declares his intention to destroy all federation planets, starting from Earth. Uhura is shown to have romantic feelings towards Spock. Spock deduces that the Narada is from the future and has used the black hole technology to create a passage through space time. Nero's presence, beginning with the attack on USS Kelvin has altered the flow of history and created an alternate reality. While in pursuit, Spock maroons Kirk on Delta Vega after he attempts mutiny (Kirk wanted to go after Nero and the Narada, while Spock wants to hook up with the rest of Starfleet in the Laurentian system, as per orders from Captain Pike). On the planet, Kirk encounters an older Spock (from the original time line) (Leonard Nimoy), who explains that he and Nero are from 2387. In the future, Romulus was threatened by a supernova, which Spock attempted to stop with an artificial black hole made of "red matter". However, his plan failed, resulting in Nero's family perishing along with Romulus, while both the Narada and Spock's vessel were caught in the black hole and sent back in time. Spock quickly found they were sent back 25 years apart, during which time Nero attacked the Kelvin, thus changing history and creating a parallel universe. After Spock's arrival, Nero stranded him on Delta Vega to watch Vulcan's destruction as revenge. Reaching a Starfleet outpost on Delta Vega, Kirk and the elder Spock meet Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (Simon Pegg), who helps them by devising a trans-warp beam system, allowing both him and Kirk to beam onto Enterprise while it is travelling at warp speed. Following the elder Spock's advice, Kirk provokes younger Spock into attacking him, forcing Spock to recognize himself as emotionally compromised and relinquish command to Kirk. After talking with Sarek, Spock decides to help Kirk. While Enterprise hides itself within the gas clouds of Titan, Kirk and Spock beam aboard Narada (Uhura reveals her first name is Nyota to Spock). Kirk fights with Nero and Ayel, killing the latter and rescuing Pike, while Spock uses the elder Spock's ship to destroy the drill. Spock leads Narada away from Earth and sets his ship to collide with Nero's ship. Enterprise beams Kirk, Pike, and Spock aboard. The older Spock's ship and Narada collide, igniting the "red matter". Kirk offers Nero help to escape, but Nero refuses, prompting Kirk to give the order to fire, dooming Narada to be consumed in a black hole that Enterprise is only barely able to escape. Kirk is promoted to captain and given command of Enterprise, while Pike is promoted to rear admiral. Spock encounters his older self, who persuades his younger self to continue serving in Starfleet, encouraging him to do, for once, what feels right instead of what is logical. Spock remains in Starfleet, becoming first officer under Kirk's command. Enterprise goes to warp as the elder Spock speaks the "where no one has gone before" monologue.

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Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman .

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In the 23rd century, the Federation starship USS Kelvin is investigating a "lightning storm" in space. A Romulan ship, the Narada , emerges from the storm and attacks the Kelvin . Narada ‍ 's first officer, Ayel, demands that the Kelvin ‍ 's Captain Robau come aboard to negotiate a truce. Once aboard, Robau is questioned about the current stardate and an "Ambassador Spock", whom he professes not to know. Narada ‍ 's commander, Nero, kills him, and continues his attack on the Kelvin . George Kirk, the Kelvin ‍ 's first officer, orders the ship's personnel, including his pregnant wife Winona, to evacuate the ship while he pilots the Kelvin on a collision course with the Narada , as the auto-pilot function has been damaged. At the cost of his life, Kirk ensures Winona's survival as she gives birth to James T. Kirk.

17 years later, on the planet Vulcan, a young Spock is accepted to join the Vulcan Science Academy. Realizing that the Academy views his human mother Amanda Grayson as a "disadvantage", he decides to join Starfleet instead. On Earth, Kirk becomes a reckless but intelligent young adult. By 2255, after a bar fight with Starfleet cadets accompanying Nyota Uhura, Kirk meets Captain Christopher Pike who encourages him to enlist in the Starfleet Academy where Kirk meets and befriends the cynical doctor Leonard McCoy.

Three years later, Commander Spock accuses Kirk of cheating during his Kobayashi Maru simulation. Kirk argues that cheating was acceptable in this context because the simulation had been designed to be unbeatable. The disciplinary hearing is interrupted by a distress signal from Vulcan. With the primary fleet out of range, the cadets are mobilized. McCoy and Kirk board Pike's ship, the Enterprise . Realizing that the "lightning storm" being observed on Vulcan is similar to the one that occurred at the time of his birth, Kirk breaks protocol to convince Pike that the distress signal is a trap.

Enterprise arrives at Vulcan to find the fleet destroyed and the Narada drilling into Vulcan's core. The Narada attacks the Enterprise and Pike surrenders, delegating command of the ship to Spock and promoting Kirk to first officer. Kirk, Hikaru Sulu and Chief Engineer Olson perform a space jump onto the drilling platform. Olson is killed but Kirk and Sulu disable the drill. Despite their efforts, Nero launches "red matter" into the core, forming an artificial black hole that destroys the planet. Spock rescues the Vulcan high council and his father Sarek, though his mother dies by falling when they were trying to beam them all onto the ship.

As the Narada moves toward Earth, Nero tortures Pike to gain access to Earth's defense codes. Spock maroons Kirk on Delta Vega after attempting mutiny. Kirk encounters an older Spock, who explains that he and Nero are from 129 years in the future. In that future, Romulus was threatened by a supernova. Spock's attempt to use "red matter" to create an artificial black hole and consume the supernova was too late, and Nero's family perished along with the planet. Narada and Spock's vessel were caught in the black hole, sending them back in time. Nero stranded Spock on Delta Vega to watch Vulcan's destruction as revenge for failing to save Romulus.

Reaching a Starfleet outpost, Kirk and the elder Spock meet Montgomery Scott "Scottie". With the elder Spock's help, Kirk and Scott beam onto the Enterprise . Following the elder Spock's advice, Kirk provokes younger Spock into attacking him, forcing Spock to recognize that he is emotionally compromised and relinquish command to Kirk. After talking with Sarek, Spock decides to help Kirk. While the Enterprise hides itself within the gas clouds of Titan, Kirk and Spock beam aboard the Narada . Kirk fights with Nero and Ayel, killing the latter and rescuing Pike while Spock uses the elder Spock's ship to destroy the drill. Spock leads the Narada away from Earth and sets his ship to collide with Nero's ship. Enterprise arrives and beams Kirk, Pike, and Spock aboard. The older Spock's ship and the Narada collide, igniting the "red matter". Kirk offers Nero help to escape, but Nero refuses, prompting Kirk to give the order to fire, dooming Nero and the Narada to be consumed in a black hole.

On Earth, Kirk is promoted to the rank of Captain and given command of the Enterprise while Pike is promoted to Rear Admiral. Spock encounters his older self. Having selected a planet for the surviving Vulcans to colonize, the older Spock persuades his younger self to continue serving in Starfleet, encouraging him to do what feels right instead of what is logical. Spock remains in Starfleet and becomes first officer under Kirk's command. The Enterprise goes to warp as the elder Spock speaks the "where no one has gone before" monologue in voice-over.

Chris Pine as James T. Kirk
Zachary Quinto as Spock
Leonard Nimoy as Spock Prime
Eric Bana as Nero
Karl Urban as Dr. Leonard McCoy
Zoe Saldana as Nyota Uhura
Simon Pegg as Montgomery Scott
John Cho as Hikaru Sulu
Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov
Bruce Greenwood as Christopher Pike
Ben Cross as Sarek
Winona Ryder as Amanda Grayson
Chris Hemsworth as George Kirk
Clifton Collins, Jr. as Ayel
Rachel Nichols as Gaila
Deep Roy as Keenser
James Doohan as Lt. Kyle
Tyler Perry as Admiral Richard Barnett

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Development [ ].

As early as the 1968 World Science Fiction Convention, Star Trek creator Roddenberry had said he was going to make a film prequel to the television series. But the prequel concept did not resurface until the late 1980s, when Ralph Winter and Harve Bennett submitted a proposal for a prequel during development of the fourth film. Roddenberry rejected Bennett's prequel proposal in 1991, after the completion of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier . Then David Loughery wrote a script entitled The Academy Years , but it was shelved in light of objections from Roddenberry and the fanbase. The film that was commissioned instead ended up being Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country . In February 2005, after the financial failure of the tenth film, Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), and the cancellation of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise , the franchise's executive producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen began developing a new film entitled Star Trek: The Beginning . It was to revolve around a new set of characters, led by Kirk's ancestor Tiberius Chase, and be set during the Earth-Romulan War—after the events of Enterprise but before the events of the original series.

In 2005, Viacom, which owned Paramount Pictures, separated from CBS Corporation, which retained Paramount's television properties, including ownership of the Star Trek brand. Gail Berman, then president of Paramount, convinced CBS' chief executive, Leslie Moonves, to allow them eighteen months to develop a new Star Trek film before CBS would re-earn the rights to develop a new television series (in return, CBS would keep merchandising rights). Berman approached Mission: Impossible III writers Orci and Kurtzman for ideas on the new film, and after the film had completed shooting she asked their director, Abrams, to produce it.Abrams, Orci and Kurtzman, plus producers Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk, felt the franchise had explored enough of what took place after the series, Orci and Lindelof consider themselves trekkies, and feel some of the Star Trek novels have canonical value, although Roddenberry never considered the novels to be canon. Kurtzman is a casual fan, while Burk was not. Abrams' company, Bad Robot Productions produced the film with Paramount, marking the first time another company had financed a Star Trek film. Bill Todman, Jr.'s Level 1 Entertainment also co-produced the film, but during 2008, Spyglass Entertainment replaced them as financial partner.

In an interview, Abrams said that he had never seen Star Trek: Nemesis because he felt the franchise had "disconnected" from the original series. For him, he said, Star Trek was about Kirk and Spock, and the other series were like "separate space adventure[s] with the name Star Trek ". He also acknowledged that as a child he had actually preferred the Star Wars movies. He noted that his general knowledge of Star Trek made him well suited to introduce the franchise to newcomers, and that, being an optimistic person, he would make Star Trek an optimistic film, which would be a refreshing contrast to the likes of The Dark Knight . He added that he loved the focus on exploration in Star Trek and the idea of the Prime Directive, which forbids Starfleet to interfere in the development of primitive worlds, but that, because of the budgetary limitations of the original series, it had "never had the resources to actually show the adventure". He noted he only became involved with the project as producer initially because he wanted to help Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof.

On February 23, 2007, Abrams accepted Paramount's offer to direct the film, after having initially been attached to it solely as a producer. He explained that he had decided to direct the film because, after reading the script, he realized that he "would be so agonizingly envious of whoever stepped in and directed the movie." Orci and Kurtzman said that their aim had been to impress a casual fan like Abrams with their story. Abrams noted that, during filming, he had been nervous "with all these tattooed faces and pointy ears, bizarre weaponry and Romulan linguists, with dialogue about 'Neutral Zones' and 'Starfleet' [but] I knew this would work, because the script Alex and Bob wrote was so emotional and so relatable. I didn't love Kirk and Spock when I began this journey – but I love them now."

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Star Trek is a 2009 science fiction film directed by J. J. Abrams , written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman , and distributed by Paramount Pictures . It is the eleventh film based on the Star Trek franchise and features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series, who are portrayed by a new cast. The film follows James T. Kirk ( Chris Pine ) and Spock ( Zachary Quinto ) before they unite aboard the USS Enterprise to combat Nero ( Eric Bana ), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets . The story establishes an alternate reality [1] [2] through time-travel by both Nero and the original Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ), freeing the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints.

Development of the film began in 2005. Filming took place from November 2007 to March 2008 under intense secrecy. Midway through the shoot, Paramount chose to delay the release date from December 25, 2008 to May 2009, believing the film could reach a wider audience.

Star Trek has earned high critical praise, gaining a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes . [3] It is the thirteenth-highest-grossing film of 2009 —seventh-highest within North America—and has become the highest-grossing film in the Star Trek series and is credited by the media as a reboot of the series. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] It was nominated for four Oscars at the 82nd Academy Awards and won the Academy Award for Best Makeup , making it the first Star Trek film to win an Oscar.

1.1 Act One
1.2 Act Two
1.3 Act Three
3.1 Development
3.2 Writing
3.4 Filming
3.5 Effects
4.2 Sound effects
5.1 Marketing
5.2 Box office
5.3 Reception
5.4 Awards and nominations
5.5 Home release
7.1 Release Dates for Untitled Star Trek Sequel

A cataclysm over 150 years into the future throws two ships into the 23rd century, altering the course of history. With a different life where he never knew his father, James T. Kirk becomes a brilliant yet cynical misfit who is finally convinced to join Starfleet by Captain Christopher Pike in 2255. Three years later, Kirk, Spock, and the young crew of the USS Enterprise , with guidance from Spock's future self, must figure out a way to work together to prevent the one responsible for the death of Kirk's father, the future Romulan known as Nero, from wreaking destruction throughout the Federation in a mad quest for vengeance, using a powerful new weapon. For some, their help comes too late.

Act One [ ]

The Narada emerges after passing through a black hole.

Lieutenant Commander George Kirk aboard the ill-fated USS Kelvin .

Winona Kirk with Jim, moments after his birth.

In the year 2233 , the Template:USS investigates a " lightning storm" near Klingon space , which they soon realize to be a black hole . Suddenly, the massive Narada emerges from the maw and immediately opens fire on the Kelvin with devastating torpedoes , inflicting heavy damage and causing many casualties. The attack also knocks out the starship's warp drive . The Narada ceases fire, and its first officer , Ayel , hails the outmatched Kelvin . Speaking for Nero , Ayel demands that the Kelvin Template:'s captain, Richard Robau , come aboard the Narada via shuttlecraft to negotiate a cease-fire; his "unwise" refusal would mean the destruction of the Kelvin . Captain Robau agrees and turns over command of the ship to his first officer , Lieutenant Commander Template:Alt . Robau orders Kirk to wait fifteen minutes for his signal or else evacuate the ship.

Robau is taken to Nero, while the crew of the Kelvin monitors his life signs . Ayel interrogates him first about a particular ship, which Robau does not recognize, and then about the location of Ambassador Spock , with whom Robau is also unfamiliar. Upon citing the stardate , 2233.04, Nero rushes at Robau, impaling him with a teral'n , terminating Robau's vital signs on the Kelvin Template:'s viewscreen. Kirk assumes command as the Narada fires another volley of torpedoes, inflicting more damage. The severely-damaged Kelvin tries to return fire, but as the situation grows dire and he realizes that the damage to the ship is compromising the lives of everyone, Kirk orders the crew to escape pods and shuttles, including his wife Winona , who is about to give birth. She is sent to a specific shuttle - Medical Shuttle 37 . Kirk tells her to wait there while he plots a collision course on autopilot .

Unfortunately, the ship's autopilot navigation was destroyed in the attack. The lieutenant makes the grim realization that he will need to control the Kelvin himself. He orders his wife to leave on the shuttle without him. She protests, but Kirk tells her that he has no choice but to stay behind and continue the attack in order to protect the others who are leaving on escape pods . On the shuttlecraft, Winona Kirk gives birth to a baby boy. As the Kelvin destroys the missiles aimed at the shuttles, Kirk can hear his newborn's cries. Then, Kirk asks Winona what they should name their son. She suggests naming him after George's father, but he laughs the suggestion off and says that Tiberius isn't much of a first name. They decide to name him Jim, after Winona's father. Right before the collision, Kirk tells Winona that he loves her. Communication is cut off, and Winona looks out of the shuttle - all she can see is a bright ball of flame in the middle of the Narada .

Kirk as a child.

Spock as a child.

Approximately ten years later, in the year 2243 , a young Template:Alt is seen racing down the road in an antique Corvette across Iowa . Over the vehicle's comm system (a Nokia in-dash car phone), Kirk's stepfather yells at him, demanding that he return home, citing that the car is an antique and he doesn't want a scratch on it. Kirk ignores the demand, switching the comm off and blasting 20th century music . Soon, a policeman on a flying motorbike chases after him, ordering the boy to stop the car. Evading the officer, Kirk heads for a quarry and jumps out of the car, moments before it speeds over the edge and crashes on the canyon floor below. The policeman apprehends the boy and asks his name, to which he states "James Tiberius Kirk".

Around the same time on Template:Alt , a young Template:Alt , who has just successfully answered a barrage of advanced questions in a learning pod, is being tormented by his peers about his mixed heritage, calling his father a traitor for marrying a Human "whore". Spock knocks one of the older boys into a learning pod and beats him in an emotional rage - hardly the expected emotional response. He is later gently admonished by his father, Template:Alt , who is disappointed at his son's lack of emotional control. He explains to his son that despite the common misconception, Vulcans are very emotional, even more so than Humans, but it is necessary for their culture to control their emotions and not let them control them. Sarek advises Spock that he has a path to choose and that only he can make the decision. When Spock asks of his father why he married his mother, Sarek coldly replies that it was logical.

Years later, Spock is conflicted about whether to participate in the kolinahr ; the Vulcan ritual aimed at purging all vestigial emotions. He talks to his mother, Template:Alt , who tells him that she will always be proud of him, no matter what he decides. Later, Spock stands before a committee on Vulcan. The chairman comments on Spock's perfect record in his attempt to gain entry to the Vulcan Science Academy and that his only flaw is that he also applied to Starfleet Academy . Spock explains it was only logical for him to explore all options. The committee informs him of his acceptance into the Vulcan Science Academy and commends his accomplishments despite his "disadvantage" of being half-Human. In response to yet another underhanded attack on his mother, Spock declines the offer of admission, implying that he has decided to enter Starfleet Academy instead. The committee expresses shock, as Spock is the first Vulcan to decline an offer of admission to the Vulcan Science Academy. Spock sardonically tells the committee that their record still remains untarnished since he is, in fact, only half-Vulcan. Before departing he conveys his gratitude once again, sardonically wishing them to "live long and prosper."

Spock defies the Vulcan elders.

Pike discovers Kirk in the bar.

Meanwhile, in 2255 , in a bar in Iowa, a young Template:Alt meets up with some friends, and a brash and intoxicated James Kirk introduces himself to her. He unsuccessfully flirts with her, trying to find out her first name, but although amused by his wit and a little impressed by his knowledge, she is ultimately not interested. The situation escalates when another Starfleet recruit intervenes in an attempt to defend Uhura - despite her saying she does not need the defense. He and three other recruits get into a fight with Kirk and beat him badly before a senior officer, Captain Template:Alt , ends the fight. Pike, familiar with Kirk's tragic past from having written his dissertation on the Kelvin incident, sits down with him and tries to talk some sense into the rebellious young man by persuading him to join Starfleet . Pike firmly believes that with his aptitude, Kirk can do more with himself than get into bar fights and be "the only genius-level repeat offender in the Midwest." He tells Jim he could have his own ship in only eight years. However, Kirk doesn't want to hear it and laughs at the idea of joining Starfleet. Pike ends the conversation with a reminder that Kirk's father saved eight hundred lives, including his mother's and his own, in the course of only twelve minutes of command and challenges Kirk to do better. Kirk cannot help but take him up on the challenge.

Kirk accepts Pike's offer.

Early the next day, Kirk heads to Riverside Shipyard , where the Template:USS is under construction. Pike is surprised to see Kirk turn up to join the new recruits. Giving his motorbike away to the first person who compliments it, Kirk passes Pike, saying he'll graduate in three years instead of four. He enters the recruit shuttle, surprising Uhura and the recruits who had beat him up the night before. Another man, Template:Alt , is escorted to his seat after being found in the bathroom by a female shuttle officer. Sitting next to Kirk, the somewhat nervous doctor starts ranting about what could physically happen to them if anything goes wrong with the shuttle's systems. Kirk is amused and tries to remind him that Starfleet works in space. McCoy explains that he has nowhere else to go, having lost everything in a divorce; the only thing he has left are his bones. The two talk and become friends.

Three years later, in 2258 , the Narada is waiting at an unknown part of space. Nero is called to the bridge by Ayel. Suddenly, a black hole temporal disturbance appears and a small starship flies out of the anomaly. Nero recognizes and welcomes the appearance of Ambassador Spock, and orders the ship to be captured.

Kirk has an encounter with Gaila.

Meanwhile, at Starfleet Academy, Kirk is telling McCoy that he is taking the Kobayashi Maru test again the next day, and is certain he will pass it. McCoy is shocked at Kirk's attitude, as no one has ever passed the test, much less repeated it - much less three times. However, Kirk then leaves to "study", which for him means an assignation with an Orion cadet named Gaila in her dorm room. Suddenly, Gaila's roommate enters and Kirk gets shoved under the bed by an anxious Gaila only to find out that the roommate is Uhura. While changing out of her uniform, she tells her roommate about a message she has just decoded, alerting Starfleet to the destruction of 47 Klingon warships by a massive unidentified ship. Kirk watches Uhura undress while noting her words, but a casual comment from Gaila makes Uhura suspicious, and she guesses there's a "mouth-breather" under the bed, at which point Kirk, amazed that she could even hear him, comes out of hiding. Angry that her roommate brought yet another guy to their room and even angrier that it's Kirk, she kicks him out.

Kirk during the Kobayashi Maru test.

The next day, Kirk, McCoy, Uhura and a few other Starfleet recruits are in the Kobayashi Maru simulation test on Kirk's third attempt. Kirk takes a comically casual approach to the test, much to everyone's bewilderment. Everything goes as planned when, unexpectedly, the power systems momentarily fail, and then the attacking Klingon ships' shields go down and are promptly destroyed. From above the simulator room, a technician asks how Kirk was able to beat this test. Spock, who is in the observation room, simply states "I do not know."

Spock at Kirk's hearing at Starfleet Academy.

During an official inquiry presided over by Admiral Richard Barnett , Starfleet Academy informs Kirk that they have received evidence that Kirk entered a subroutine into the computer making it possible for him to win in the simulation and accuse him of cheating. Kirk demands to face his accuser. Commander Spock is called up to the podium and introduced as one of the Academy's most distinguished graduates and programmer of the Kobayashi Maru test for the past four years. Kirk and Spock debate the purpose of the Kobayashi Maru , which Kirk claims is unfair due to its no-win programming, and which Spock explains is a test of the subject's ability to maintain composure and command ability in the face of fear and certain death.

The hearing is suddenly interrupted when word comes that the Federation has received a distress call from Vulcan. With the primary fleet occupied in the Laurentian system , Starfleet is forced to commission the Academy cadets and dispatch ships immediately to begin a rescue mission.

Act Two [ ]

Cadets are assigned to ships based on their aptitude, with the most capable cadets assigned to the USS Enterprise , a ship completed so recently that it hasn't even been christened yet. Uhura is originally assigned to the Template:USS , but complains directly to Spock, citing her numerous commendations and recommendations (many from Spock himself) and insisting she had earned an assignment to the USS Enterprise . Spock suggests that he did not want to suggest impropriety, but when Uhura refuses to back down, he ultimately relents, and re-assigns her to the Enterprise . Kirk has been grounded pending a ruling on his inquiry, and is not allowed to board the shuttles and join the mission. However, McCoy takes him to the medical bay, where he injects him with a vaccine, temporarily making him ill. Consequently, he is allowed to take Kirk up to the Enterprise on medical grounds, seeing as he is the patient to the ship's medical officer.

Kirk and McCoy on the shuttle.

The Enterprise leaves the spacedock for Vulcan, but not before helmsman Template:Alt – standing in for the ill McKenna – disengages the external inertial dampener , which had prevented them from going to warp. Template:Alt uses the comm system to inform the crew about their first mission, reporting a "lightning storm in space" followed by strange planet-wide seismic disturbances. Their orders are to investigate the seismic disturbance and aid in evacuation of the planet if necessary. After hearing the announcement Kirk suddenly realizes that the "lightning storm" is exactly the same occurrence the Kelvin encountered two decades earlier. Realizing that they are running straight into a Romulan trap, Kirk rushes through the ship to Uhura despite suffering a bad reaction to the vaccine McCoy gave him: swollen hands and a numb tongue. Despite his initial difficulty to communicate coherently, he finally manages to ask her about the Klingon distress call she had deciphered earlier and she confirms that the attackers were Romulan.

Kirk then rushes to the bridge to inform Captain Pike. Pike, is at first skeptical, and furious that Kirk had snuck aboard, but after hearing about the call Uhura picked up, Spock concludes that Kirk's logic is correct. Uhura is placed at the communications console at the bridge as, unlike assigned communications officer Hawkins , she can distinguish Romulan from Vulcan. As they disengage warp drive, the Enterprise finds itself in a debris field of the other seven Starfleet ships which arrived shortly before they did. At the direction of Pike, Sulu is able to navigate his way through the debris field with minimal damage. As they clear the debris, they come upon the Narada , drilling above Vulcan's atmosphere. The Narada attacks the Enterprise , which takes heavy damage on the first volley of torpedoes, almost destroying the sickbay and reducing the ship's shields to 32%. But just as they are about to fire again, Nero realizes which ship he is firing at and orders a cease-fire.

He hails the Enterprise and politely identifies himself. Pike, seeing a Romulan, accuses him of an act of war and offers to reach a settlement, but Nero states he stands apart from the Romulan Star Empire . He pointedly greets a confused Spock, and orders Pike to come aboard via shuttlecraft. Pike asks if there are any advanced hand-to-hand combat -trained officers on the bridge. Sulu volunteers. Pike gathers Sulu, Spock, and Kirk, whom he grimly jokes "wasn't supposed to be here anyway," and begins on his way to the shuttle bay.

Pike promotes Spock to captain and puts him in charge of the Enterprise . He also commissions Kirk as first officer , much to Spock's chagrin. Pike outlines his plan to do two things at once: on the shuttle en route to the Narada he will drop Kirk, Sulu, and chief engineer Olson into an orbital skydive . They will land on Narada Template:'s drill platform and disable it in order to contact Starfleet about the incident, since the drill has disable communications and transporter capabilities. If all else fails, they are to fall back to the primary fleet at the Laurentian system . If Pike doesn't come back, they will also need to come get him.

Spock returns to the bridge and checks in on sickbay. He is surprised to hear Dr. McCoy instead of Dr. Puri , the chief medical officer , who was killed in the attack. Spock officially names McCoy the chief medical officer, a fact McCoy had already assumed as he works in the sickbay, heavily damaged and inundated with casualties.

The massive Narada looms over the Enterprise above Vulcan.

Sulu sword-fights on the Romulan drill platform.

Pike arrives on the Narada as the three begin their descent. Sulu opens his parachute first, followed by Kirk. An over-enthusiastic Olson, wearing a red space suit , waits too long to activate his parachute, and he falls underneath the drill, incinerated by the beam. Kirk lands safely on the platform, and proceeds to fight the first Romulan who attacks him. While grappling over the Romulan's disruptor rifle , the weapon fires, shooting holes into Sulu's parachute, sending him out of control. Kirk reaches for his phaser pistol, but the Romulan quickly knocks it out of his hand, forcing him to use his helmet as a weapon. As Sulu approaches the platform, a second Romulan with a disruptor rifle emerges, and Kirk wards both off, eventually taking away their rifles but not doing much to hurt either of them. Sulu lands dangling off the platform and swings close to the drilling beam. He uses the parachute's repacking mechanism to pull himself onto the platform, and uses his retractable sword to cut it off to avoid getting incinerated by a flame vent. Sulu then sword-fights with one Romulan, while the other goes hand-to-hand against Kirk, who is knocked over and hanging on the edge of the platform. Sulu knocks his adversary onto the vent, incinerating him. He then stabs the other one with his sword, and pulls Kirk back to safety. Olson had the charges they were going to use to destroy the platform, so they use the Romulans' disruptor rifles to fire on the drill and disable it.

Ayel reports the drill's incapacitation, but tells Nero that the drill reached Vulcan's core before going offline. Nero orders the release of " red matter ", and the return of the drill. Chekov discovers what the "red matter" is doing: creating a black hole in the middle of the planet. Vulcan will be destroyed in a matter of minutes. Just as Kirk and Sulu are to be beamed off, the drill moves and Sulu falls. Kirk jumps after him and catches him. Sulu activates Kirk's parachute, but it is unable to take the weight of two people and snaps off. As they can't get a transporter lock, Chekov races to the transporter room and mathematically works out how to do so. The two officers are rescued just before they hit solid rock, hitting the transporter pads with a loud thud, banged up but alive.

Spock beams onto Vulcan as it collapses.

Spock attempts to save the Vulcan elders and his parents.

Uhura comforts Spock after the loss of Vulcan and his mother.

Right after Kirk and Sulu are beamed aboard, Spock tells Kirk that he is down to save the Vulcan Council , which includes Spock's parents. Kirk tries to stop him but he ignores Kirk and orders the transporter chief to beam him down immediately. They were taking refuge in the katric ark , a chamber within Mount Seleya, which they could not simply beam through. Two of the elders in the council are killed by falling rocks and statues, but Spock is able to get five of them outside, including his parents. As the transporter is about to pick them up, the rock his mother is standing on collapses, causing the transporter to miss her. As they re-materialize on board the Enterprise , Spock stands on the transporter pad in shock, having lost his mother, with his hand still reached out to her. The Enterprise crew retreats and watches in horror as Vulcan implodes into oblivion.

Kirk, Sulu, and the few Vulcans who were able to be brought aboard the Enterprise are brought to sickbay for treatment. Soon after, Spock leaves the bridge, and he is followed into the turbolift by Uhura. She stops the turbolift and after a few words, kisses and embraces him, hoping to console him. Though Spock is responsive to her, when she asks what Spock needs, he stiffens back up and states that he needs the crew to continue to work "admirably".

Nero asks Pike for the security codes to defense systems around Earth , but Pike refuses to give them to him, disgusted by Nero's act of genocide on Vulcan. Nero speaks about how the Narada , in his time, was a mining ship, and he was laboring to support his wife, who was expecting his child, before they were killed when Romulus was destroyed. He placed blame on the Federation for doing nothing, and accused Spock of betraying them, promising himself retribution. Pike pleads that Romulus still exists, but Nero only knows that his world – the Romulus of the future – was destroyed, and he intends to destroy every world of the Federation, so that others will know his pain. Forcing a Centaurian slug down Pike's throat which will help coerce Pike to give out the security codes, Nero orders the Narada to continue to Earth.

Spock leads the bridge crew in trying to brainstorm what happened. They have determined that the Narada is heading for Earth. Judging from their "black hole" technology, Spock reasons that the Narada must have traveled back in time from the future, much to McCoy's confusion as he exclaims he is a doctor, not a physicist . He states that they must regroup with the fleet, but Kirk says that in order to stop Nero they must go after him first. Kirk believes that any delayed action will result in Earth being destroyed. If Nero is from the future, then he'll know what's going to happen next, so they'll have to be unpredictable; Spock states that Nero's very presence logically caused a chain of events that altered reality as they know it and therefore his foreknowledge is irrelevant. This culminates in an argument which ends in Spock ordering Kirk's removal from the bridge, but Kirk fights off his security escort, despite McCoy trying to reason with him. Spock ends it by delivering the Vulcan nerve pinch to Kirk, before placing him in an escape pod and jettisoning it off the ship. Kirk awakens to find himself on the snow-covered world of Delta Vega , another planet in Vulcan's system. Picking up his gear, Kirk heads for the Starfleet station fourteen kilometers away.

Kirk is marooned on Delta Vega.

He is chased down by a " polarilla " which is in turn attacked by an even larger insectoid animal . It chases Kirk into a cave, and when it finally attaches a tendril to catch him, trying to consume him, it is spooked off by an elderly man wielding a lit torch. The man reveals himself to be Spock , Kirk's old friend and is genuinely happy to see him. Kirk is skeptical, telling the old man, who had assumed Kirk was in command of the Enterprise , that "he" was, and they were hardly friends, and he had in fact marooned him for mutiny, and that Pike had been taken hostage. However, when Spock identifies Nero as Pike's captor, Kirk realizes that he might just be telling the truth.

Spock melds with Kirk so that he can understand why he is here. He explains that 129 years in the future, in the year 2387 , an impending supernova of a star threatened to destroy the home worlds of the Romulan Star Empire and, potentially, the rest of the galaxy as well. Spock developed a stockpile of "red matter", a substance that can be ignited to form a singularity , a black hole that would mop up the matter of the supernova. However, the star exploded while he was en route, and Romulus was destroyed. Spock launched the red matter from his ship, the Jellyfish , to prevent further damage. Immediately, Spock was confronted by a surviving Romulan mining vessel, the Narada , captained by Nero. Spock tried to escape, but the resultant black hole captured both the Jellyfish and the Narada , creating a disturbance in the space-time continuum sending both ships into the past. The Narada exited over 150 years in the past, where it confronted the Kelvin . Spock's ship entered moments later, but what appeared seconds to him, were 25 years after the Narada had entered. Nero then captured Spock's ship, but kept Spock alive, marooning him on Delta Vega, so that he could witness the destruction of his own home planet, Vulcan, just as he had to witness the destruction of Romulus. Kirk explains he was left on the planet by the Spock he knows, who is currently in command of the Enterprise . The elder Spock is surprised, knowing that Kirk should be in command of the ship. It is then that Spock realizes that when Nero exited the black hole and confronted the Kelvin , he altered history and created an alternate reality , which changed everything, especially Kirk's life. Kirk asks Spock whether his father lived in the original timeline. Spock confirms that George Kirk proudly saw his son take command of the Enterprise , and often spoke of him as his inspiration to join Starfleet. Spock leads Kirk to the Starfleet base.

Back on the Enterprise , McCoy walks onto the bridge. Recalling that McCoy had taken his side during the "mutiny", Spock tells the doctor that he is well aware of his friendship with Kirk, acknowledging that it could not have been easy to oppose his friend in such a manner, never actually thanking him. McCoy then asks to speak freely, which Spock "welcomes" - and the doctor furiously asks him if he has lost his mind; banishing Kirk may have been logical, but certainly wasn't the right move. Spock is unfazed, responding to McCoy's use of a horse racing analogy by reminding him of the need to break a stallion to reach its potential, which astounds McCoy, who would think Spock might at least pretend it was a difficult choice. Spock sarcastically ends the argument by telling McCoy that, if tearfully walking the ship would improve crew morale, he would gladly defer to the doctor's orders. As Spock walks off to greet Sarek and dismisses McCoy, the doctor, still stewing, mutters that Spock is a "green-blooded hobgoblin" under his breath.

Spock Prime gives Kirk the Vulcan salute on Delta Vega

Kirk and the elder Spock are met by a short alien officer, Keenser , who leads them inside, where they meet this timeline's Template:Alt . A transporter genius, Scotty was "exiled" to Delta Vega after beaming Admiral Archer 's prized beagle to an unknown location during a failed experiment in " transwarp beaming ". Spock, however, assures Scott that it does work, and gives him the formula devised many years later by the Scotty he knew . Spock informs Kirk that he must relieve the Vulcan's younger self of command by provoking him and showing everyone that Spock is too personally and emotionally compromised to lead the mission and captain the ship, a violation of Starfleet Regulation 619. However, Spock refuses to come along and explain things to his younger self, implying too many paradoxes. Kirk is unsure that this will work, and Spock, with his voice cracking with sadness, reminds Kirk that he just saw his planet destroyed, and assures him that his younger counterpart is emotionally compromised. Before the transport, Kirk tells Spock that he was "cheating", Spock reminds him just who he learned cheating from, and, after wishing them long life and prosperity, sends Kirk and Scotty back to the Enterprise .

As they are transported to the Enterprise , Scotty accidentally finds himself inside the ship's water main and Kirk is able to rescue Scotty before he meets a gruesome death. The two are spotted by Chekov's detection of the water main's open emergency valve, and captured by security personnel, led by the one who got into a bar fight with Kirk three years previously and still remembers the remark made against him.

Spock attacks Kirk

They are taken to the bridge where an astounded Spock attempts to find out how the two were able to transport on board the ship while it was in warp. Kirk refuses to answer and recommends Scotty do the same, and then proceeds to ask why Spock doesn't feel any anger or have any emotion over the destruction of his planet and the murder of his mother. He keeps pushing and provoking Spock, claiming he never loved his mother. Upon hearing this accusation, Spock finally snaps and lunges after Kirk, ruthlessly beating and strangling him to the point of nearly killing him, before Sarek begs Spock to stop. Realizing how far he has gone, Spock relieves himself of duty and leaves the bridge. McCoy chastises Kirk for getting rid of the ship's captain without a first officer to replace him. But Kirk, to the bridge crew's astonishment (except Sulu, who confirms Pike's promotion of Kirk to First Officer), assumes command and orders an immediate pursuit of the Narada . Uhura, still wary of Kirk, coldly whispers that she hopes he knows what he's doing. Kirk admits that he hopes so too.

The Enterprise crew regards Spock when he returns to the bridge

Act Three [ ]

Following his outburst, Spock returns to the transporter room, where Sarek tries to get Spock to open up to him. Spock admits to feeling conflicted, and feels a rage he cannot control towards Nero over the death of his mother. Sarek offers that his mother would have said not to bother controlling it, and, recalling what he had said years before after another outburst of his son's Human side, sadly admits to his son that he married Amanda because he loved her. Meanwhile, on the Bridge, Chekov figures out a plan to get the Enterprise close to the Narada without them noticing: they can follow the Narada and stop at Titan 's orbit, remaining undetected by hiding in its magnetic field. Soon after, a cooled off Spock returns to the bridge, confirms the logic of Chekov's plan, and offers to beam over to the Narada to get the "black hole device" and save Earth, the only home he has left. Kirk says he will go as well, to rescue Pike. Spock mentions regulations against the captain and first officer going on such a mission, but chooses not to cite something he knows Kirk will ignore. Kirk quips that they are finally getting to know each other and gives Spock a friendly slap to the back.

The Romulan ship arrives at Earth and deploys its drilling rig directly over San Francisco . Warping into Titan 's atmosphere, the Enterprise remains undetected by the Narada . Before stepping onto the transporter pad, Kirk calls the bridge, telling Sulu that, if he believes the Enterprise can destroy the Narada , even if Kirk, Spock and Pike are still aboard, he should not hesitate to take the opportunity. Sulu reluctantly acknowledge's Kirk's order. Before they beam over, Uhura kisses Spock and tells him that he better come back. In his reply, he calls her "Nyota." Kirk, who overheard, then asks Spock if that's the first name he had tried and failed to learn since the first time he met her; Spock coyly cuts him off, stating his refusal to comment on the matter. Right after they are beamed aboard, the Narada begins to drill its hole near the Golden Gate Bridge , cutting the ship off from the Enterprise .

Kirk leaps after Nero on the Narada

Scotty thought he would be beaming Kirk and Spock to the Narada Template:'s cargo bay, but it turns out to be a heavily occupied portion of the ship. After a brief firefight, Spock uncovers the location of the black hole device and Captain Pike by melding with an unconscious Romulan. When they board the Jellyfish , it recognizes Spock as its captain, and the Vulcan finally figures out what is going on, as the ship's computer confirms its origin stardate as 2387, constructed by the Vulcan Science Academy. Spock confronts Kirk about withholding information from him, but Kirk dodges the question by asking Spock if he can fly the spacecraft, a question he is fairly confident Kirk already knows the answer to. For the first time, Spock calls Kirk, "Jim" and informs him that their chances of success are grim by citing his calculation of their odds, but Kirk assures him that their plan will work.

As Spock commandeers the Jellyfish and blasts out of the Narada , Kirk runs into more trouble as he finds the Romulan's "bridge", where Nero and Ayel are waiting. Kirk is confronted by Nero, who has recognized him from Earth's history, and after a brief scuffle, Nero pins Kirk and tells him that, while he was a decorated officer and went on to captain the starship Enterprise , that was another life, and that he plans to deprive him of the same life his father once had. Before he can finish Kirk off, however, Nero is informed that the Jellyfish has been stolen and the drill has been destroyed. Furious above all else, Nero storms off, leaving Kirk to Ayel while he plans to kill Spock. Ayel promptly grabs Kirk by the throat and lifts him in the air, surprised at how "weak" Humans appear to be. Seeing his prey attempting to talk, Ayel offers Kirk the chance to say something - and the Human replies that he is in possession of the Romulan's disruptor pistol. Kirk fires and kills Ayel as he plunges into the depths of the Romulan vessel. He then heads off to rescue Pike. Meanwhile, Nero hails Spock, declaring that he should have killed him when he had the chance. In reply, Spock taunts Nero by "ordering" him to surrender. The Jellyfish then goes into warp with Nero and the Narada in hot pursuit.

The ships drop out of warp, and the Jellyfish turns to intercept and collide with the Narada . Nero orders all weapons to be fired, even though the ship still has " red matter " on it; with his plan for revenge ruined, now he only wants to kill Spock. The Enterprise arrives on the scene and destroys the missiles with a fierce volley of its phasers, allowing Spock to carry through with his plan to ram the Narada . Inside the Narada , Kirk finds Pike, alive but injured due to his earlier torture. Pike is quite surprised, but Kirk reminds him of his previous order to "come and get me", and when two Romulan soldiers walk in and find Kirk, effectively defenseless while freeing Pike from the chamber, the captain returns the favor, grabbing the gun on Kirk's belt and mowing down the intruders before his rescuer even realizes what happened. Scotty successfully beams back Kirk, Pike and Spock, right before the Jellyfish collides with the Narada .

Kirk and Spock discuss Nero's fate

The explosion of the Jellyfish ignites the entire stockpile of " red matter " on-board, creating a black hole, which begins to swallow up the Narada . Kirk offers to rescue the surviving crew, believing that the tense relations between the Romulans and the Federation might be aided by this. Spock disagreed. Belligerent to the last, Nero refuses assistance anyway and Kirk opens fire, blowing the ship apart with phasers and photon torpedoes. The Narada is finally destroyed, but the gravitational pull of the black hole begins tugging on the Enterprise , keeping it from escaping, even with its engines running at warp speed. The pressure is heavily damaging the ship as Kirk orders Scott to get them out of there at all cost. Scotty ejects the warp core and detonates it near the black hole, pushing the Enterprise to safety.

Spock salutes his older self from the Prime timeline

Back on Earth, the elder Spock meets with his younger counterpart, who presumed the former to be his/their father. Young Spock is confused as to why his older self didn't come with Kirk and explain the situation. The older Spock states that he implied there may be universe-destroying paradoxes if Kirk told him the truth so that they would have to rely on each other, thus ensuring "a friendship that will define you both, in ways you can not yet realize." Young Spock asks if he was making a gambit; older Spock states that he made "an act of faith" to his old friend, which he hopes that he will show again in the future. However, younger Spock expresses his decision to resign from Starfleet to help rebuild the Vulcan race; older Spock points out that he can be in two places at once. He also advises his younger self in this case to put aside logic and do what feels right. The older Spock then raises his hand in the familiar Vulcan salute , and simply wishes his younger self "good luck."

Kirk is commended by Starfleet Command , promoted to captain , and given permanent command of the Enterprise . He relieves Pike, who has been promoted to admiral and is now recovering in a wheelchair. A proud Pike shakes his successor's hand and notes that his father too would be very proud of Kirk. As the older Spock leaves to help the remaining Vulcans establish a colony, Kirk, now dressed in the gold uniform of a captain, walks on to the Enterprise bridge. After he tells McCoy to "buckle up", and receives assurances from Uhura, Sulu, Chekov and Scotty (who has barely finished talking to Kirk when he finds Keenser - now a member of his engineering staff - having climbed atop a console and orders him down) that their sections are ready to depart, the younger Spock returns to the Enterprise and asks Captain Kirk if he can be his first officer, offering to provide "character references". Kirk says it would be his honor.

The film ends with the elder Spock reciting Zefram Cochrane 's famous monologue, as the Enterprise Template:'s warp engines power up and engage, propelling the crew into the adventures that lie ahead.

Karl Urban, Chris Pine, executive producer Bryan Burk, Zachary Quinto, director J.J. Abrams, Eric Bana, and John Cho at the Sydney Opera House premiere of the film on April 7, 2009

Jimmy Bennett plays James Kirk as a boy.
Jacob Kogan plays Spock as a child.
Leonard Nimoy reprises his role as the elder Spock (referred to in the movie as Ambassador Spock, and in the ending credits as Spock Prime), who has come from the future. Nimoy befriended Quinto after being cast in the role. Although Quinto watched some episodes of the show during breaks in filming, Nimoy was his main resource in playing Spock. [13] Nimoy also chose the actor who portrayed his character "Spock" in the movie. Abrams and the writers met Nimoy at his house; writer Roberto Orci recalled the actor gave a Template:"' Who are you guys and what are you up to?' vibe" before being told how important he was to them. He was silent, and Nimoy's wife Susan Bay told the creative team he had remained in his chair after their conversation, emotionally overwhelmed by his decision after turning down many opportunities to revisit the role. [18] Had Nimoy disliked the script, production would have been delayed for it to be rewritten. [19] He was "genuinely excited" by the script's scope and its detailing of the characters' backstories, [15] saying, "We have dealt with [Spock being half-human, half-Vulcan], but never with quite the overview that this script has of the entire history of the character, the growth of the character, the beginnings of the character and the arrival of the character into the Enterprise crew." [20] Abrams said "it was surreal to direct him as Spock, because what the hell am I doing there? This guy has been doing it for forty years. It's like 'I think Spock would... Template:' " [21]
Karl Urban as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy . Like Pine, Urban said of taking on the role that "it is a case of not doing some sort of facsimile or carbon copy, but really taking the very essence of what DeForest Kelley has done and honoring that and bringing something new to the table". Urban has been a fan of the show since he was seven years old and actively pursued the role after rediscovering the series on DVD with his son. [22] Urban was cast at his first audition, which was two months after his initial meeting with Abrams. He said he was happy to play a role with lots of comedy, something he had not done since The Price of Milk , because he was tired of action-oriented roles. When asked why McCoy is so cantankerous, Urban joked the character might be a "little bipolar actually!" [23] Orci and Kurtzman had collaborated with Urban on Xena: Warrior Princess , in which he played Cupid and Caesar . [24]
Zoe Saldana as Nyota Uhura . Abrams had liked her work and requested that she play the role. Saldaña never saw the original series, though she had played a Trekkie in The Terminal (2004), but agreed to play the role after Abrams had complimented her. "For an actor, that's all you need, that's all you want. To get the acknowledgment and respect from your peers," she said. She met with Nichelle Nichols , who explained to her how she had created Uhura's background, and also named the character. [25] Saldaña's mother was a Star Trek fan and sent her voice mails during filming, giving advice on the part. [26] Sydney Tamiia Poitier also auditioned for the part. [27] The film officially establishes the character's first name, which had never been previously uttered on TV or in film.
Simon Pegg as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott . Abrams contacted Pegg by e-mail, offering him the part. [28] To perform Scotty's accent, Pegg was assisted by his wife Maureen, who is from Glasgow , although Pegg said Scotty was from Linlithgow and wanted to bring a more East Coast sound to his accent, so his resulting performance is a mix of both accents that leans towards the West sound. [28] He was also aided by Tommy Gormley, the film's Glaswegian first assistant director. [29] Pegg described Scotty as a positive Scottish stereotype, noting "Scots are the first people to laugh at the fact that they drink and fight a bit", and that Scotty comes from a long line of Scots with technical expertise, such as John Logie Baird and Alexander Graham Bell . Years before, Pegg's character in Spaced joked that every odd-numbered Star Trek film being "shit" was a fact of life. Pegg noted "Fate put me in the movie to show me I was talking out of my ass." [30]
John Cho as Hikaru Sulu . Abrams was concerned about casting a Korean-American as a Japanese character, but George Takei explained to the director that Sulu was meant to represent all of Asia on the Enterprise , so Abrams went ahead with Cho. [31] Cho acknowledged being an Asian-American, "there are certain acting roles that you are never going to get, and one of them is playing a cowboy. [Playing Sulu] is a realization of that dream — going into space." He cited the masculinity of the character as being important to him, and spent two weeks fight training. [32] Cho suffered an injury to his wrist during filming, although a representative assured it was "no big deal". [33] James Kyson Lee was interested in the part, but because Quinto was cast as Spock, the producers of the TV show Heroes did not want to lose another cast member for three months. [34]
Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov : As with the rest of the cast, Yelchin was allowed to choose what elements there were from their predecessor's performances. Yelchin decided to carry on Walter Koenig 's speech patterns of replacing "v"s with "w"s , although he and Abrams felt this was a trait more common of Polish accents than Russian ones. [35] He described Chekov as an odd character, being a Russian who was brought on to the show "in the middle of the Cold War ." He recalled a "scene where they're talking to Apollo [who says], 'I am Apollo.' And Chekov is like, 'And I am the czar of all Russias.' [...] They gave him these lines. I mean he really is the weirdest, weirdest character." [36]
Eric Bana as Captain Nero , the film's time-traveling Romulan villain. Bana shot his scenes toward the end of filming. He was "a huge Trekkie when [he] was a kid", [37] but had not seen the films. [38] Even if he were "crazy about the original series", he would not have accepted the role unless he liked the script, which he deemed "awesome" once he read it. [39] Bana knew Abrams because they coincidentally shared the same agent. [40] Bana improvised the character's speech patterns. [41]
Bruce Greenwood as Christopher Pike , the captain of the Enterprise . [11]
Ben Cross as Sarek , Spock's father.
Winona Ryder as Amanda Grayson , Spock's mother.
Clifton Collins, Jr. as Ayel, Nero's first officer.
Chris Hemsworth as George Samuel Kirk, Sr. , Kirk's father, who died aboard the USS Kelvin while battling Nero.
Jennifer Morrison as Winona Kirk, Kirk's mother.
Rachel Nichols as Gaila, an Orion Starfleet cadet.
Faran Tahir as Richard Robau , captain of the USS Kelvin .
Deep Roy as Keenser, Scotty's alien assistant on Delta Vega.
Greg Ellis as Chief Engineer Olson, the redshirt who is killed during the space jump . [42]
Chris Doohan , the son of the original Scotty, James Doohan , makes a cameo appearance in the transporter room. Pegg e-mailed Doohan about the role of Scotty, and the actor has promised him his performance "would be a complete tribute to his father". [43] Chris Doohan previously cameoed in Star Trek: The Motion Picture .
Paul McGillion auditioned for Scotty, and he impressed producers enough that he was given another role as a 'Barracks Leader'. [44]
Greg Grunberg has a vocal cameo as Kirk's alcoholic stepfather. [44] Brad William Henke filmed scenes in the role which were cut out. [45] Star Trek: Enterprise star Dominic Keating also auditioned for the role. [46] Grunberg was up for the role of Olson but dropped out due to a scheduling conflict. Grunberg was also interested in playing Harry Mudd , [47] who was in an early draft of the script. [48]
Amanda Foreman appears as Hannity, a Starfleet officer on the Enterprise bridge.
Spencer Daniels as Johnny, a childhood friend of Kirk. Daniels was set to play his older brother, George Samuel "Sam" Kirk, Jr., but the majority of his scenes were cut and the opening car chase scene where James Kirk can be heard calling out to him was overdubbed. [49]
Victor Garber as Klingon Interrogator, the officer who tortures Nero during his time on Rura Penthe. His scene was cut from the film and was featured on the DVD. [50]

Tyler Perry appears as the head of Starfleet Academy , Admiral Richard Barnett. James Cawley , producer and star of the webseries Star Trek: New Voyages , appears as a Starfleet officer, while Pavel Lychnikoff and Lucia Rijker play Romulans, Lychnikoff a Commander and Rijker a CO . W. Morgan Sheppard , who played a Klingon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , appears in this film as the head of the Vulcan Science Council. Wil Wheaton , known for portraying Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation , was brought in, through urging by Greg Grunberg, to voice several of the other Romulans in the film. [51] Star Trek fan and Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch (who died on July 25, 2008) cameoed as a Kelvin crew member, and has a line of dialogue. [52] Majel Barrett , the widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry , reprised her role as the voice of the Enterprise Template:'s computer, which she completed two weeks before her death on December 18, 2008. [53] Template:Dead link The film was dedicated to her as well as Gene, to whom the film was always going to be commemorated as a sign of respect. [54]

Orci and Kurtzman wrote a scene for William Shatner , where old Spock gives his younger self a recorded message by Kirk from the previous timeline. "It was basically a Happy Birthday wish knowing that Spock was going to go off to Romulus, and Kirk would probably be dead by the time," and it would have transitioned into Shatner reciting "Where no man has gone before". [55] But Shatner wanted to share Nimoy's major role, and did not want a cameo, [56] despite his character's death in Star Trek Generations . He suggested the film canonize his novels where Kirk is resurrected , [57] but Abrams decided if his character was accompanying Nimoy's, it would have become a film about the resurrection of Kirk, and not about introducing the new versions of the characters. [54] Nimoy disliked the character's death in Generations , but felt resurrecting Kirk would also be detrimental to this film. [19]

Nichelle Nichols suggested playing Uhura's grandmother, but Abrams could not write this in due to the Writers Guild strike . [58] Abrams was also interested in casting Keri Russell , but they deemed the role he had in mind for her too similar to her other roles. [59]

Production [ ]

Development [ ].

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At the 1968 World Science Fiction Convention , Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry declared he would make a film prequel to the television series . [60] The prequel concept resurfaced in the late 1980s with Ralph Winter and Harve Bennett during development of the fourth and sixth films. For the latter, David Loughery wrote a script entitled The Academy Years , but it was shelved in light of objections from the original cast and the fan base. In February 2005, following the financial failure of the tenth film, Star Trek Nemesis (2002), and the cancellation of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise , the franchise's executive producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen were developing a new film entitled Star Trek: The Beginning . It was to revolve around a new set of characters, led by Kirk's ancestor Tiberius Chase. It would take place after Enterprise but before the original series, during the Earth-Romulan War . [61]

In 2005, Viacom , which owned Paramount Pictures , split from CBS Corporation , which retained Paramount's television properties, including ownership of the Star Trek brand. Gail Berman , then president of Paramount, convinced CBS' chief executive, Leslie Moonves , to allow them eighteen months to develop a new Star Trek film before CBS would re-earn the rights to develop a new television series (in return, CBS would keep merchandising rights). Berman approached Mission: Impossible III writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman for ideas on the new film, and after the film had completed shooting she asked their director, J. J. Abrams , to produce it. [62] Abrams, Orci and Kurtzman, plus producers Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk , felt the franchise had explored enough of what took place after the series, [63] Orci and Lindelof consider themselves trekkies , [64] and feel some of the Star Trek novels have canonical value, although Gene Roddenberry never considered the novels to be canon . [65] Kurtzman is a casual fan, while Burk was not. [11] Abrams' company, Bad Robot Productions produced the film with Paramount, marking the first time another company had financed a Star Trek film. [66] Bill Todman, Jr. 's Level 1 Entertainment also co-produced the film, but during 2008 Spyglass Entertainment replaced them as financial partner. [67]

Abrams had not seen Star Trek Nemesis because the franchise had "disconnected" for him, [68] explaining that for him, Star Trek was about Kirk and Spock, and the other series were like "separate space adventure[s] with the name Star Trek ". Abrams also preferred Star Wars as a child. [69] He noted his general knowledge of Star Trek made him suitable to making a film to introduce the franchise to newcomers though, [70] and being an optimistic person, he felt the optimistic nature of Star Trek would be a refreshing contrast to the likes of The Dark Knight . [11] He continued that he loved the focus on exploration in Star Trek and the idea of the Prime Directive , which forbids Starfleet to interfere in the development of primitive worlds. However, Abrams disliked that the budgetary limitations of the original show meant they "never had the resources to actually show the adventure". [71] He noted he only became involved with the project as producer initially because he wanted to help Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof. [62]

On February 23, 2007, Abrams accepted Paramount's offer to direct the film, having been only attached as producer. [72] After reading the script, he had decided "I would be so agonizingly envious of whoever stepped in and directed the movie." [73] Orci and Kurtzman felt their aim had been to impress a casual fan like Abrams with their story. [74] Even when filming, Abrams was nervous "with all these tattooed faces and pointy ears, bizarre weaponry and Romulan linguists, with dialogue about 'Neutral Zones' and 'Starfleet' [but] I knew this would work, because the script Alex and Bob wrote was so emotional and so relatable. I didn't love Kirk and Spock when I began this journey – but I love them now." [11]

Writing [ ]

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Orci said creating a clean reboot would have been disrespectful, [75] and getting Leonard Nimoy in the film was very important. "Having him sitting around a camp fire sharing his memories was never gonna cut it" though, and time travel was going to be included in the film from the beginning. [76] Kurtzman added the time travel creates jeopardy, unlike other prequels where viewers "know how they all died". [77] The writers acknowledged time travel had been overused in the other series, but it served a good purpose in creating a new set of adventures for the original characters before they could completely do away with it in other films. [78] Abrams selected the Romulans as the villains because they had been featured less than the Klingons in the show, and thought it was "fun" to have them meet Kirk before he does in the show. [79] Orci and Kurtzman noted it would feel backward to demonize the Klingons again after they had become heroes in later Star Trek series, and the Romulan presence continues Spock's story from his last chronological appearance in " Unification ", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation set in 2368. [78] The episode of the original continuity in which Kirk becomes the first human to ever see a Romulan, " Balance of Terror ", served as one of the influences for the film. [64] Orci said it was difficult giving a good explanation for the time travel without being gimmicky, like having Nero specifically seeking to assassinate Kirk. [80]

Orci noted while the time travel story allowed them to alter some backstory elements such as Kirk's first encounter with the Romulans, they could not use it as a crutch to change everything and they tried to approach the film as a prequel as much as possible. Kirk's service on the Farragut , a major backstory point to the original episode " Obsession ", was left out because it was deemed irrelevant to the story of Kirk meeting Spock, although Orci felt nothing in his script precluded it from the new film's backstory. [76] There was a scene involving Kirk meeting Carol Marcus, who becomes the mother of his son in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , as a child, but it was dropped because the film needed more time to introduce the core characters. [55] [81] Figuring out ways to get the crew together required some contrivances, which Orci and Kurtzman wanted to explain from old Spock as a way of the timeline mending itself, highlighting the theme of destiny. The line was very difficult to write and was ultimately cut out. [78] [82]

The filmmakers sought inspiration from novels such as Prime Directive , Spock's World , and Best Destiny to fill in gaps unexplained by canon; Best Destiny particularly explores Kirk's childhood and names his parents. [64] [76] [83] One idea that was justified through information from the novels was having the Enterprise built on Earth, which was inspired by a piece of fan art of the Enterprise being built in a ship yard. Orci had sent the fan art to Abrams to show how realistic the film could be. [84] Orci explained parts of the ship would have to be constructed on Earth because of the artificial gravity employed on the ship and its requirement for sustaining warp speed , and therefore the calibration of the ship's machinery would be best done in the exact gravity well which is to be simulated. [85] They felt free to have the ship built in Iowa because canon is ambiguous as to whether it was built in San Francisco , but this is a result of the time travel rather than something intended to overlap with the original timeline. [77] Abrams noted the continuity of the original show itself was inconsistent at times. [13]

Orci and Kurtzman said they wanted the general audience to like the film as much as the fans, by stripping away " Treknobabble ", making it action-packed and giving it the simple title of Star Trek (to indicate to newcomers they would not need to watch any of the other films). [86] Abrams saw humor and sex appeal as two integral and popular elements of the show that needed to be maintained. [70] Orci stated being realistic and being serious were not the same thing. [84] Abrams, Burk, Lindelof, Orci and Kurtzman were fans of The Wrath of Khan , and also cited The Next Generation episode " Yesterday's Enterprise " as an influence. [64] Abrams's wife Katie was regularly consulted on the script, as were Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof's wives, to make the female characters as strong as possible. [75] Katie Abrams's approval of the strong female characters was partly why Abrams signed on to direct. [87]

Orci and Kurtzman read graduate school dissertations on the series for inspiration; [63] they noted comparisons of Kirk, Spock and McCoy to Shakespearian archetypes, and Kirk and Spock's friendship echoing that of John Lennon and Paul McCartney . [64] They also noted that, in the creation of this film, they were influenced by Star Wars , particularly in terms of pacing. "I want to feel the space, I want to feel speed and I want to feel all the things that can become a little bit lost when Star Trek becomes very stately" said Orci. [74] Star Wars permeated in the way they wrote the action sequences, [77] while Burk noted Kirk and Spock's initially cold relationship mirrors how " Han Solo wasn't friends with anyone when they started on their journey." [88] Spock and Uhura were put in an actual relationship as a nod to early episodes highlighting her interest in him. [82] Orci wanted to introduce strong Starfleet captains, concurring with an interviewer that most captains in other films were "patsies" included to make Kirk look greater by comparison. [75]

The USS Kelvin , the ship Kirk's father serves on, is named after J. J. Abrams' grandfather, as well as the physicist and engineer Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) . The Kelvin Template:'s captain, Richard Robau ( Faran Tahir ), is named after Orci's Cuban uncle: Orci theorized the fictional character was born in Cuba and grew up in the Middle East. [84] Another reference to Abrams' previous works is Slusho, which Uhura orders at the bar where she meets Kirk. Abrams created the fictitious drink for Alias and it reappeared in viral marketing for Cloverfield . Its owners, Tagruato, is also from Cloverfield and appears on a building in San Francisco . [44] The red matter in the film is in the shape of a red ball, an Abrams motif dating back to the pilot of Alias . [89]

The film was primarily designed by Ryan Church , Neville Page, the Cloverfield monster's creator, [35] and Star Trek veteran John Eaves . [90] Abrams stated the difficulty of depicting the future was that much of modern technology was inspired by the original show, and made it seem outdated. Thus the production design had to be consistent with the television series but also feel more advanced than the real world technology developed after it. [63] "We all have the iPhone that does more than the communicator ," said Abrams. "I feel like there's a certain thing that you can't really hold onto, which is kind of the kitschy quality. That must go if it's going to be something that you believe is real." [91] Prop master Russell Bobbitt collaborated with Nokia on recreating the original communicator, creating a $50,000 prototype. Another prop recreated for the film was the tricorder . Bobbitt brought the original prop to the set, but the actors found it too large to carry when filming action scenes, so technical advisor Doug Brody redesigned it to be smaller. [92] The phaser props were designed as spring-triggered barrels that revolve and glow as the setting switches from "stun" to "kill". [11] An Aptera Typ-1 prototype car was used on location. [93]

Panorama of the Enterprise Template:'s redesigned bridge

Production designer Scott Chambliss maintained the layout of the original bridge, but aesthetically altered it with brighter colors to reflect the optimism of Star Trek . The viewscreen was made into a window that could have images projected on it to make the space environment palpable. Abrams compared the redesign to the sleek modernist work of Pierre Cardin and the sets from 2001: A Space Odyssey , which were from the 1960s. [94] He joked the redesigned bridge made the Apple Store look "uncool". At the director's behest, more railings were added to the bridge to make it look safer, [11] and the set was built on gimbals so its rocking motions when the ship accelerates and is attacked was more realistic. [94] To emphasize the size of the ship, Abrams chose to give the engine room a highly industrial appearance: he explained to Simon Pegg that he was inspired by Template:RMS , a sleek ship in which there was an "incredible gut". [95]

Abrams selected Michael Kaplan to design the costumes because he had not seen any of the films, meaning he would approach the costumes with a new angle. For the Starfleet uniforms , Kaplan followed the show's original color coding, with dark gray (almost black) undershirts and pants and colored overshirts showing each crew member's position (command officers wear gold shirts, science and medical officers wear blue, and operations (technicians/engineers) and security personnel wear red). Kaplan wanted the shirts to be more sophisticated than the originals and selected to have the Starfleet symbol patterned on them. [94] Kirk wears only the undershirt because he is a cadet. [11] Kaplan modelled the uniforms on the Kelvin on science fiction films of the 1940s and 1950s, to contrast with the Enterprise -era uniforms based on the ones created in the 1960s. [94] For Abrams, "The costumes were a microcosm of the entire project, which was how to take something that's kind of silly and make it feel real. But how do you make legitimate those near-primary color costumes?" [96]

Lindelof compared the film's Romulan faction to pirates with their bald, tattooed heads and disorganized costuming. Their ship, the Narada , is purely practical with visible mechanics as it is a "working ship", unlike the Enterprise crew who give a respectable presentation on behalf of the Federation . [97] Chambliss was heavily influenced by the architecture of Antoni Gaudí for the Narada , who created buildings that appeared to be inside out: by making the ship's exposed wires appear like bones or ligaments, it would create a foreboding atmosphere. The ship's interior was made of six pieces that could be rearranged to create a different room. [94] The Romulan actors spent two to four hours applying make-up: Template:Citation needed the actors had three prosthetics applied to their ears and foreheads, while Bana had a fourth prosthetic for the bitemark on his ear that extends to the back of his character's head. [98] The film's Romulans lacked the 'V'-shaped ridges on the foreheads, which had been present in all of their depictions outside the original series. Neville Page wanted to honor that by having Nero's crew ritually scar themselves too, forming keloids reminiscent of the 'V'-ridges. It was abandoned as they did not pursue the idea enough. [99] Kaplan wanted aged, worn and rugged clothes for the Romulans because of their mining backgrounds, and found some greasy looking fabrics at a flea market . Kaplan tracked down the makers of those clothes, who turned out to be based in Bali , and commissioned them to create his designs. [11]

Barney Burman supervised the makeup for the other aliens: his team had to rush the creation of many of the aliens, because originally the majority of them were to feature in one scene towards the end of filming. Abrams deemed the scene too similar to the cantina sequence in Star Wars , and decided to dot the designs around the film. [98] A tribble was placed in the background of Scotty's introduction. [44] Both digital and physical makeup was used for aliens. [100]

Filming [ ]

Filming began on November 7, 2007, [101] and finished on March 27, 2008, [102] although second unit filming took place during early April in Bakersfield, California , which stood in for Kirk's childhood home in Iowa . [103] Filming was also done at the City Hall of Long Beach, California ; [104] the San Rafael Swell in Utah; [105] and the California State University, Northridge (which was used for establishing shots of students at Starfleet Academy ). [106] A parking lot outside Dodger Stadium was used for the ice planet of Delta Vega and the Romulan drilling rig on Vulcan . [54] The filmmakers had been interested in filming in Iceland for scenes on Delta Vega, but decided against it: Chambliss enjoyed the challenge of filming scenes with snow in southern California. The drilling rig was built 16 feet into the air. Other Vulcan exteriors were shot at Vasquez Rocks , a location that was used in various episodes of the original show. A Budweiser plant in Van Nuys was used for the Enterprise ' s engine room, while a Long Beach power plant was used for the Kelvin Template:'s engine room. [94]

The Oviatt Library at California State University, Northridge was used for shots of Starfleet Academy

Following the commencement of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike on November 5, 2007, Abrams, himself a WGA member, told Variety that while he would not render writing services for the film and intended to walk the picket line, he did not expect the strike to impact his directing of the production. [107] In the final few weeks before the strike and start of production, Abrams and Lindelof polished the script a final time. [108] Abrams was frustrated that he was unable to alter lines during the strike, whereas normally they would have been able to improvise new ideas during rehearsal, although Lindelof acknowledged they could dub some lines in post-production. [109] Orci and Kurtzman were able to stay on set without strikebreaking because they were also executive producers on the film; they could "make funny eyes and faces at the actors whenever they had a problem with the line and sort of nod when they had something better". [110] Abrams was able to alter a scene where Spock combats six Romulans from a fistfight to a gunfight, having decided there were too many physical brawls in the film. [16]

The production team maintained heavily enforced security around the film. Karl Urban revealed, "[There is a] level of security and secrecy that we have all been forced to adopt. I mean, it's really kind of paranoid crazy, but sort of justified. We're not allowed to walk around in public in our costumes and we have to be herded around everywhere in these golf carts that are completely concealed and covered in black canvas. The security of it is immense. You feel your freedom is a big challenge." [111] Actors like Jennifer Morrison were only given the scripts of their scenes. [112] The film's shooting script was fiercely protected even with the main cast. Simon Pegg said, "I read [the script] with a security guard near me – it's that secretive." [113] The film used the fake working title of Corporate Headquarters . [114] Some of the few outside of the production allowed to visit the set included Rod Roddenberry , [115] Ronald D. Moore , [116] Jonathan Frakes , [117] Walter Koenig , Nichelle Nichols , Ben Stiller , Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg (who had partially convinced Abrams to direct because he liked the script, and he even advised the action scenes during his visit). [87]

Abrams chose to shoot the film in the anamorphic format on 35 mm film after discussions about whether the film should be shot in high-definition digital video. Cinematographer Dan Mindel and Abrams agreed the choice gave the film a big-screen feel and the realistic, organic look they wanted for the film setting. [118] Abrams and Mindel used lens flares throughout filming to create an optimistic atmosphere and a feeling activity was taking place off-camera, making the Star Trek universe feel more real. "There's something about those flares, especially in a movie that potentially could be incredibly sterile and CG and overly controlled. There’s just something incredibly unpredictable and gorgeous about them." Mindel would create more flares by shining a flashlight or pointing a mirror at the camera lens, or using two cameras simultaneously and therefore two lighting set-ups. [54]

When the shoot ended, Abrams gave the cast small boxes containing little telescopes, which allowed them to read the name of each constellation it was pointed at. "I think he just wanted each of us to look at the stars a little differently," said John Cho . [71] After the shoot, Abrams cut out some scenes of Kirk and Spock as children, including seeing the latter as a baby, as well as a subplot involving Nero being imprisoned by the Klingons and his escape: this explanation for his absence during Kirk's life confused many to whom Abrams screened the film. [54] Other scenes cut out explained the teenage Kirk stole his stepfather's antique car because he had forced him to clean it before an auction; and that the Orion he seduced at the Academy worked in the operations division. Afterwards, she agrees to open the e-mail containing his patch that allows him to pass the Kobayashi Maru test. [82]

Effects [ ]

Industrial Light & Magic and Digital Domain were among several companies that created over 1,000 special effect shots. [119] The visual effects supervisors were Roger Guyett, who collaborated with Abrams on Mission: Impossible III and also served as second unit director, and Russell Earl. Abrams avoided shooting only against bluescreen and greenscreen , because it "makes me insane", using them instead to extend the scale of sets and locations. [63] The Delta Vega sequence required the mixing of digital snow with real snow. [120]

Star Trek was the first film ILM worked on using entirely digital ships. [120] The Enterprise was intended by Abrams to be a merging of its design in the show and the refitted version from the original film. Abrams had fond memories of the reveal of the Enterprise Template:'s refit in Star Trek: The Motion Picture , because it was the first time the ship felt tangible and real to him. [121] The iridescent pattern on the ship from The Motion Picture was maintained to give the ship depth, while model maker Roger Goodson also applied the " Aztec " pattern from The Next Generation . Goodson recalled Abrams also wanted to bring a " hot rod " aesthetic to the ship. Effects supervisor Roger Guyett wanted the ship to have more moving parts, which stemmed from his childhood dissatisfaction with the ship's design: The new Enterprise Template:'s dish can expand and move, while the fins on its engines split slightly when they begin warping . [122] The Enterprise was originally redesigned by Ryan Church using features of the original, at Template:Convert long, [123] but was later scaled up by a factor of two to Template:Convert long to make it seem "grander", [123] while the Romulan Narada is five miles long and several miles wide. [94] [124] The filmmakers had to simulate lens flares on the ships in keeping with the film's cinematography. [120]

Carolyn Porco of NASA was consulted on the planetary science and imagery. [125] The animators realistically recreated what an explosion would look like in space: short blasts, which suck inward and leave debris from a ship floating. For shots of an imploding planet, the same explosion program was used to simulate it breaking up, while the animators could manually composite multiple layers of rocks and wind sucking into the planet. [120] Unlike other Star Trek films and shows, the transporter beam effects swirl rather than speckle. [35] Abrams conceived the redesign to emphasize the notion of transporters as beams that can pick up and move people, rather than a signal composed of scrambled atoms. [119]

Lola Visual Effects worked on 48 shots, including some animation to Eric Bana and Leonard Nimoy. Bana required extensive damage to his teeth, which was significant enough to completely replace his mouth in some shots. Nimoy's mouth was reanimated in his first scene with Kirk following a rerecording session. The filmmakers had filmed Nimoy when he rerecorded his lines so they could rotoscope his mouth into the film, even recreating the lighting conditions, but they realized they had to digitally recreate his lips because of the bouncing light created by the camp fire. [119]

Michael Giacchino , Abrams' most frequent collaborator, composed the music for Star Trek . He kept the original theme by Alexander Courage for the end credits, which Abrams said symbolized the momentum of the crew coming together. [54] Giacchino admitted personal pressure in scoring the film, as "I grew up listening to all of that great [Trek] music, and that's part of what inspired me to do what I'm doing [...] You just go in scared. You just hope you do your best. It's one of those things where the film will tell me what to do." [126] Scoring took place at the Sony Scoring Stage with a 107-piece orchestra and 40-person choir. An erhu , performed by Karen Han , was used for the Vulcan themes. A distorted recording was used for the Romulans. [127] Varese Sarabande , the record label responsible for releasing albums of Giacchino's previous scores for Alias , Lost , Mission: Impossible III , and Speed Racer , released the soundtrack for the film on May 5. [128]

Sound effects [ ]

The sound effects were designed by Star Wars veteran Ben Burtt . Whereas the phaser blast noises from the television series were derived from The War of the Worlds (1953), Burtt made his phaser sounds more like his blasters from Star Wars , because Abrams' depiction of phasers were closer to the blasters' bullet-like fire, rather than the steady beams of energy in previous Star Trek films. Burtt reproduced the classic photon torpedo and warp drive sounds: he tapped a long spring against a contact microphone , and combined that with cannon fire. Burtt used a 1960s oscillator to create a musical and emotional hum to the warping and transporting sounds. [129]

Release [ ]

In February 2008, Paramount announced they would move Star Trek from its December 25, 2008 release date to May 8, 2009, as the studio felt more people would see the film during summer than winter. The film was practically finished by the end of 2008. [130] Paramount's decision came about after visiting the set and watching dailies , as they realized the film could appeal to a much broader audience. Even though the filmmakers liked the Christmas release date, Damon Lindelof acknowledged it would allow more time to perfect the visual effects. [109] The months-long gap between the completion of the production and release meant Alan Dean Foster was allowed to watch the whole film before writing the novelization , although the novel would contain scenes absent from the final edit. [131] Quinto narrated the audiobook. [132]

Eric Bana with U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines at Camp Arifjan , Kuwait , for the April 11, 2009 screening of Star Trek .

A surprise public screening was held on April 6, 2009, at the Alamo Drafthouse theater in Austin, Texas , hosted by writers Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and producer Damon Lindelof. The showing was publicized as a screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , followed by a ten-minute preview of the new Star Trek film. A few minutes into Khan, the film appeared to melt and Leonard Nimoy appeared on stage with Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof, asking the audience, "wouldn’t you rather see the new movie?" [133] Following the surprise screening in Texas, the first of many premieres across the world was held at the Sydney Opera House on April 7, 2009. [134] For almost two years, the town of Vulcan, Alberta had campaigned to have the film premiere there, but because it had no theater, Paramount arranged instead a lottery where 300 winning residents would be taken to a prerelease screening in Calgary . [135] The film was requested by astronaut Michael R. Barratt , before boarding the International Space Station . Paramount provided NASA with a copy that was uploaded to the International Space Station on May 14, 2009. [136]

Marketing [ ]

Template:See also The first teaser trailer debuted in theaters with Cloverfield on January 18, 2008, which showed the Enterprise under construction. Abrams himself directed the first part of the trailer, where a welder removes his goggles. Professional welders were hired for the teaser. [137] The voices of the 1960s played over the trailer were intended to link the film to the present day; John F. Kennedy in particular was chosen because of similarities with the character of James T. Kirk and because he is seen to have "kicked off" the space race . Orci explained that: "If we do indeed have a Federation , I think Kennedy’s words will be inscribed in there someplace." [85] Star Trek's later trailers would win four awards, including Best in Show, in the tenth annual Golden Trailer Awards . [138] [139]

Paramount faced two obstacles in promoting the film: the unfamiliarity of the " MySpace generation" with the franchise and the relatively weak international performance of the films. Six months before the film's release, Abrams toured Rome ; Cologne ; Madrid ; Paris ; London ; New York City and Los Angeles with 25 minutes of footage. Abrams noted the large-scale campaign started unusually early, but this was because the release delay allowed him to show more completed scenes than normal. The director preferred promoting his projects quietly, but concurred Paramount needed to remove Star Trek Template:'s stigma. [140] Abrams would exaggerate his preference for other shows to Star Trek as a child to the press, with statements like "I'm not a Star Trek fan" and "this movie is not made for Star Trek fans necessarily". Orci compared Abrams' approach to The Next Generation episode " A Matter of Honor ", where William Riker is stationed aboard a Klingon vessel. "On that ship when someone talks back to you, you would have to beat them down or you lose the respect of your crew, which is protocol, whereas on a Federation ship that would be a crime. So we have to give JJ a little bit of leeway, when he is traveling the 'galaxy' over there where they don’t know Trek, to say the things that need to be said in order to get people onto our side." [84]

Promotional partners on the film include Nokia , Verizon Wireless , Esurance , Kellogg's , Burger King and Intel Corporation , as well as various companies specializing in home decorating, apparel, jewelry, gift items and "Tiberius," "Pon Farr" and "Red Shirt" fragrances. [141] [142] Playmates Toys , who owned the Star Trek toy license until 2000, earned Template:Clarify the merchandise rights for the new film. [143] The first wave was released in March and April 2009. Playmates hope to continue their toy line into 2010. [144] The first wave consists of 3.75", 6" and 12" action figures, an Enterprise replica, prop toys and play sets. In order to recreate the whole bridge, one would have to buy more 3.75" figures, which come with chairs and consoles to add to the main set consisting of Kirk's chair, the floor, the main console and the viewscreen. [145] Master Replicas , [146] Mattel , Hasbro and Fundex Games will promote the film via playing cards, Monopoly , UNO , Scrabble , Magic 8-Ball , Hot Wheels , Tyco R/C , 20Q , Scene It? and Barbie lines. Some of these are based on previous Star Trek iterations rather than the film. [142] [147] CBS also created a merchandising line based around Star Trek caricatures named "Quogs". [148]

Box office [ ]

The film's first normal US screenings were at 7 p.m. on May 7, 2009, [149] grossing $4 million on its opening day. By the end of the weekend, Star Trek had opened with $79,204,300, as well as $35,500,000 from other countries. Adjusted and unadjusted for inflation, it beat Star Trek: First Contact for the largest US opening for a Star Trek film. The film made $8.5 million from its IMAX screenings, breaking The Dark Knight Template:'s $6.3 million IMAX opening record. [150] The film is the highest-grossing in the United States and Canada from the entire Star Trek film franchise, eclipsing the previous leader, The Voyage Home (which made $109,713,100 unadjusted for inflation), and adjusted for inflation, Star Trek: The Motion Picture . Its opening weekend numbers alone outgross the entire runs of The Undiscovered Country , The Final Frontier , Insurrection and Nemesis . [151] Star Trek ended its United States theatrical run on October 1, 2009, with a box office total of $257,730,019, which currently places it as the seventh highest-grossing film for 2009 behind The Hangover . [4] The film's total international gross is $127,764,536 [152] , for a total worldwide gross of $385,494,555, ranking it currently thirteenth behind Sherlock Holmes . [153] While foreign grosses represent only 31% of the total box office receipts, Paramount is happy with the international sales, as Star Trek historically as a movie franchise has never been a big draw overseas. [154]

Reception [ ]

Template:As of , the film holds a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with 262 out of 278 critics giving it a positive review with an average rating of 8.1/10, surpassing all other feature films in the franchise. RT's consensus is that " Star Trek reignites a classic franchise with action, humor, a strong story, and brilliant visuals, and will please traditional Trekkies and new fans alike." [3] Among Rotten Tomatoes' "Top Critics", which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television and radio programs, the film holds an overall approval rating of 92% (7.8/10), based on a sample of 39 reviews. The film also holds a score of 83 based on 37 reviews Template:As of on the review aggregator website Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from film critics, tying for ninth of The Best-Reviewed Movies in 2009 to date. [155] [156]

Ty Burr of the Boston Globe gave it 4/4 stars, describing it as "ridiculously satisfying", and the "best prequel ever". [157] Owen Gleiberman from Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A- commenting that: "But in Star Trek , the clever and infectious reboot of the amazingly enduring sci-fi classic, director J.J. Abrams crafts an origin story that avoids any hint of the origin doldrums." The film also received positive reviews from The New York Times , Slate Magazine and Rolling Stone . [158] [159] [160]

Although only two reviews were categorized by Metacritic as "yellow", or mixed, a recurring critical complaint held that the franchise's tradition of providing morally challenging stories had been neglected or even violated. The AV Club gave the film a "green" B+, but asserted that it was "a reconsideration of what constitutes Star Trek , one that deemphasizes heady concepts and plainly stated humanist virtues in favor of breathless action punctuated by bursts of emotion. It might not even be immediately recognizable to veteran fans." [161] Roger Ebert agreed, lamenting in his 2.5/4 star-review that "the Gene Roddenberry years, when stories might play with questions of science, ideals or philosophy, have been replaced by stories reduced to loud and colorful action." [162] Non-review articles also echoed this concern: Marc Bain asked in Newsweek if the franchise had "lost its moral relevance", [163] and Juliet Lapidos argued in Slate that the new film, with its "standard Hollywood torture scene," failed to live up to the intellectual standard set by the 1992 Next Generation episode " Chain of Command ", whose treatment of the issue she found both more sophisticated and pertinent to the ongoing debate over the United States ' use of enhanced interrogation techniques . [164]

Awards and nominations [ ]

On December 2, 2009, Star Trek was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Score Soundtrack Album category, but did not win. On November 10, 2009, the People’s Choice Awards nominated the film for 4 awards: Breakout Actress, Breakout Actor, Favorite Franchise, Favorite Movie; it failed to win any award. In October, 2009, Star Trek won the Hollywood Award for Best Movie. That same month, it also won 6 Scream Awards for Ultimate Scream, Best Science Fiction Movie, Best Director, Best Science Fiction Actor, Best Cameo, and Best Fight Scene. On June 15, 2009, the film was nominated for 5 Teen Choice Awards , but did not win any of them. It won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture . The film also received several peer-reviewed guild awards for Asst. Location Manager of the year and Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature. On December 14, 2009, the Broadcast Film Critics Association – Critics Choice Awards nominated it for Best Action Movie, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Makeup, Best Visual Effects and Best Sound, but did not win any of them. On December 9, 2009, the film was also named one of the top 10 films of the year by the National Board of Review . In addition it has appeared on several local film critics top 10 lists, including St. Louis, Las Vegas, Boston and Washington DC. [165]

In 2010, Star Trek was nominated for four Academy Awards , including Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, and winning the franchise's first Oscar for Best Makeup. At the same ceremony, Star Trek composer Michael Giacchino won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for Pixar 's Up . [166] The film was also nominated for three Empire Awards , and it won in the best sci-fi/fantasy category. [167]

Home release [ ]

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 17, 2009 in North America, [168] November 16 in the UK [169] and October 26 in Australia and New Zealand. [170] In Sweden and Germany, it was released on November 4. [171] First week sales stand at 5.7 million DVD's along with 1.1 million Blu-ray Discs [172] giving Paramount Pictures their third chart topping release in five weeks following Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra . [173]

The story of the film is completed by two comics books by IDW Publishing . The first one, titled Star Trek: Countdown , takes place in the Prime Star Trek universe, after the events of Nemesis and before the back story of Star Trek Online . The second one, Star Trek: Nero , covers the gap between the destruction of the USS Kelvin and the reappearance of the Narada in the new timeline.

The film's major cast members have signed on for two sequels. [174] Roberto Orci , Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof began writing the script for a sequel in March 2009. J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk will produce, although Abrams has not signed to direct. [175] When speaking on the alternate reality [1] set up in Star Trek , Abrams commented that it would be "ridiculous to not be open" to ideas like resurrecting William Shatner 's James T. Kirk or recasting Khan Noonien Singh . "The idea, now that we are in an independent timeline, allows us to use any of the ingredients from the past — or come up with brand-new ones — to make potential stories," he said. [2] Orci and Kurtzman explained the dilemma for the sequel was whether to pit the crew against another villain, or to have an "exploration sci-fi plot where the unknown and nature itself is somehow an adversary." On recasting Khan, Orci questioned "why take the chance?" [176] Paramount is planning to release the sequel on June 29, 2012. [177] [178]

In an interview with the BBC, Abrams confirmed that no script for a sequel yet exists as of March 5, 2010. He also acknowledged that both cast and director have yet to be confirmed. [179]

Release Dates for Untitled Star Trek Sequel [ ]

June 29, 2012 (US)
July 22, 2012 (UK)
September 15, 2012 ( Australia )
September 22, 2012 ( New Zealand )
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Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction adventure film directed by J. J. Abrams, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the 11th film of the Star Trek film franchise and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series, portrayed by a new cast and the first in the reboot series. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) aboard the USS Enterprise as they combat Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. The story takes place in an alternate reality because of time travel by both Nero and the original Spock (Leonard Nimoy). The alternate timeline was created in an attempt to free the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints while simultaneously preserving original story elements.

The idea for a prequel film which would follow the Star Trek characters during their time in Starfleet Academy was discussed by series creator Gene Roddenberry in 1968. The concept resurfaced in the late 1980s, when it was postulated by Harve Bennett as a possible plotline for the movie that would become Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, but was rejected in lieu of other projects by Roddenberry. Following the critical and commercial failure of Star Trek: Nemesis and the cancellation of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, franchise executive producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen wrote an unproduced film, titled Star Trek: The Beginning, which would take place after Enterprise. After the separation between Viacom and CBS Corporation, former Paramount president Gail Berman convinced CBS to produce a feature film. Orci and Kurtzman, both fans of the Star Trek series, were approached to write the film and Abrams was approached to direct it. Kurtzman and Orci used inspiration from novels and graduate school dissertations as well as the series itself.

Principal photography commenced on November 7, 2007 and ended on March 27, 2008. The film was shot in various locations around California and Utah. Abrams wanted to avoid using bluescreen and greenscreen, opting to use sets and locations instead. Heavy secrecy surrounded the film's production and was under the fake working title Corporate Headquarters. Industrial Light & Magic used digital ships for the film, as opposed to the previous films in the franchise. Production for the film concluded by the end of 2008.

Star Trek was heavily promoted the months preceding its release; pre-release screenings for the film premiered in select cities around the world including Austin, Texas; Sydney, Australia; and Calgary, Alberta. It was released in the United States and Canada on May 8, 2009, to positive reviews. Critics praised the character development as well as the storyline in the film. Star Trek became a box office success, grossing over $385.7 million worldwide. It was nominated for several awards, including four Academy Awards at the 82nd Academy Awards, ultimately winning in the category for Best Makeup, making it the first Star Trek film to win an Academy Award. The DVD and Blu-ray for the film were released on October 19, 2010.

The film is followed by two sequels, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016) with a fourth having been announced.

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The future begins.

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.

Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Leonard Nimoy Eric Bana Bruce Greenwood Karl Urban Zoe Saldaña Simon Pegg John Cho Anton Yelchin Ben Cross Winona Ryder Chris Hemsworth Jennifer Morrison Rachel Nichols Faran Tahir Clifton Collins Jr. Tony Elias Sean Gerace Randy Pausch Tim Griffin Freda Foh Shen Kasia Kowalczyk Jason Brooks Sonita Henry Kelvin Yu Marta Martin Tavarus Conley Jeff Castle Show All… Billy Brown Jimmy Bennett Greg Grunberg Spencer Daniels Jeremy Fitzgerald Zoe Chernov Max Chernov Jacob Kogan Lorenzo James Henrie Colby Paul Cody Klop Akiva Goldsman Anna Katarina Douglas Tait Tony Guma Gerald W. Abrams James McGrath Jason Matthew Smith Marcus Young Bob Clendenin Darlena Tejeiro Reggie Lee Jeffrey Byron Jonathan Dixon Tyler Perry Ben Binswagner Margot Farley Paul McGillion Lisa Vidal Alex Nevil Kimberly Arland Sufe Bradshaw Jeff Chase Charles Haugk Nana Hill John Blackman Jack Millard Shaela Luter Sabrina Morris Michelle Parylak Osgood Perkins Amanda Foreman Michael Berry Jr. Lucia Rijker Pasha D. Lychnikoff Matthew Beisner Neville Page Jesper Inglis Greg Ellis Marlene Forte Leonard O. Turner Mark Bramhall Ronald F. Hoiseck Irene Roseen Jeff O'Haco Scottie Thompson Deep Roy Majel Barrett Ronnie Steadman Rico E. Anderson Richard Arnold Tad Atkinson Leslie Augustine Johnny Baca Diora Baird Sala Baker Leo Baligaya Corey Becker Larry Blackman Jessica Boss Neil S. Bulk Etalvia Cashin James Cawley Brad Champagne Zachary Culbertson Jeffrey De Serrano T.C. De Witt Christopher Doohan Claire Doré Etienne Eckert Ken Edling Aliza Finley Ian Fisher Anna Florence Mathew Thomas Foss Massi Furlan Tommy Germanovich Jr. Mary Grace Wyatt Gray Nancy Guerriero Jarrell Hall Justin Rodgers Hall Jeffery Hauser Brad William Henke Ryan T. Husk Elizabeth Ingalls Sierra Kane Christopher Karl Johnson Jolene Kay Lauren Mary Kim Sarah Klaren Makiko Konishi Tashana Landray Daniel D. Lee Anne Leighton James Lew Jill Lover Steve Luna Aaron Lynch Justin Malachi Nav Mann Paul Marshall Owen Martin Taylor McCluskey Matthew McGregor Caitlin McKenna Andrew Mew Patrizia Milano Heidi Moneymaker Kevin Moser Jonathan Dunkerley Newkerk Westley Nguyen Jim Nieb Andres Perez-Molina Mark Phelan Damion Poitier Rahvaunia Bertrand Roberson Jr. Deborah Rombaut Leonard Jonathan Ruebe Darth Schuhe Ramona Seymour William Morgan Sheppard Katie Soo Joseph Stephens Jr. Joseph Steven T.J. Storm Kaitlin Sullivan Paul Townsend Scott Trimble Errik Tustenuggee Ravi Valleti Jason Vaughn A.J. Verel Brian Waller Steve Wharton Wil Wheaton Rob Wood Lynnanne Zager

Director Director

J.J. Abrams

Producers Producers

J.J. Abrams Damon Lindelof David Witz David Baronoff

Writers Writers

Roberto Orci Alex Kurtzman

Casting Casting

April Webster Alyssa Weisberg Gaby Kester

Editors Editors

Maryann Brandon Mary Jo Markey

Cinematography Cinematography

Assistant directors asst. directors.

Tommy Gormley Danny Green Hal Olofsson

Executive Producers Exec. Producers

Bryan Burk Jeffrey Chernov Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci

Lighting Lighting

Christopher Prampin Mark Carlile Jimmy Harritos Jesse Mather John Savedra Hootly Weedn Jerry Gregoricka Joey Moran

Camera Operators Camera Operators

Michael P. May Daniel L. Turrett Andrew Rowlands Philippe Carr-Forster Dale Myrand William D. Barber Colin Anderson

Additional Photography Add. Photography

Bill Marti John Rex Woodward Steve Wolfe

Production Design Production Design

Scott Chambliss

Art Direction Art Direction

Curt Beech Dennis Bradford Luke Freeborn Beat Frutiger Gary Kosko Keith P. Cunningham Aaron Haye

Set Decoration Set Decoration

Karen Manthey Dawn Brown Kevin Cross Andrea Dopaso Scott Herbertson Joseph Hiura Tex Kadonaga Harry E. Otto Anne Porter Andrew Reeder Jane Wuu William O. Hunter

Special Effects Special Effects

Burt Dalton Jay Bartus Jeremiah Cooke Curtis Decker Eric Dressor Clark James Chris Jones Joe Judd Richard Kennedy David Mesloh Jesse Orozco Jeff Pepiot Bryan Phillips Walter Polan Michael Roundy Christopher A. Suarez Jonathan Tang Tony Vandenecker Dennis Yeager II Jim Jolly Richard Ratliff

Visual Effects Visual Effects

Paul Kavanagh Erik Gamache Shari Hanson Jill Brooks Jeff Olson Thomas Nittmann Eric Withee Roger Guyett Kelly Port Matt McDonald Daniel P. Rosen Russell Earl Edson Williams Stefano Trivelli Neville Page

Title Design Title Design

Andrew Kramer

Stunts Stunts

Damion Poitier Sala Baker Heidi Moneymaker Shauna Duggins Kimberly Shannon Murphy Lauren Mary Kim Chris Palermo Zack Duhame Peter Epstein Anthony N. Joey Box

Composer Composer

Michael Giacchino

Sound Sound

Robin Harlan Sarah Monat Randy Singer Phillip W. Palmer Scott Martin Gershin Geoffrey G. Rubay Ann Scibelli Tim Walston Mark Ormandy Ben Wilkins David Barbee Glenn T. Morgan Peter J. Devlin Tim Gomillion Matt Patterson Dennis Rogers Anna Behlmer David Giammarco Cory Mandel Paul Massey Andy Nelson Alan Rankin Mark P. Stoeckinger

Costume Design Costume Design

Michael Kaplan

Makeup Makeup

Mindy Hall Debra Coleman Rebecca Alling Richard Alonzo Tammy Ashmore Andy Clement René Dashiell Kerby Bonita DeHaven Jed Dornoff Marianna Elias Earl Ellis Greg Funk Mark Garbarino Cynthia Hernandez Tina Hoffman Jamie Kelman Ned Neidhardt Lygia Orta Ron Pipes Margaret Prentice Mike Smithson Dave Snyder Susan Stepanian Jay Wejebe Kimberly Felix Richard Redlefsen James MacKinnon Stephen Bettles Brian Sipe Barney Burman

Hairstyling Hairstyling

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Review by Matthew L. Brady ★★★★ 2

You can say whatever you want about the new Star Trek movies, but he nailed Chekov.

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do you ever rewatch this movie and then realize how unbelievably kinky it is that kirk yells at spock until he chokes him out in front of like 30 people

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As soon as Simon Pegg came on screen I audibly gasped and then I had to go through intense emotional abuse while seeing Simon Pegg be fucking dragged through water and almost die

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J.J. Abrams is Michael Bay if he were successfully trying to be a really nice person.

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“Star Trek” as a concept has voyaged far beyond science fiction and into the safe waters of space opera, but that doesn’t amaze me. The Gene Roddenberry years, when stories might play with questions of science, ideals or philosophy, have been replaced by stories reduced to loud and colorful action. Like so many franchises, it’s more concerned with repeating a successful formula than going boldly where no “Star Trek” has gone before.

The 2009 “Star Trek” film goes back eagerly to where “Star Trek” began, using time travel to explain a cast of mostly the same characters, only at a younger point in their lives, sailing the Starship Enterprise. As a story idea, this is sort of brilliant and saves on invention, because young Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Scotty and the rest channel their later selves. The child is father to the man, or the Vulcan, and all that.

Don’t get me wrong. This is fun. And when Leonard Nimoy himself returns as the aged Spock, encountering another Spock ( Zachary Quinto ) as a young man, I was kind of delighted, although as is customary in many sci-fi films, nobody is as astonished as they should be. Holy moly! Time travel exists, and this may be me! It’s more like a little ambiguous dialogue is exchanged, and they’re off to battle the evil Romulan Capt. Nero ( Eric Bana ).

Time travel as we all know, is impossible in the sense it happens here, but many things are possible in this film. Anyone with the slightest notion of what a black hole is, or how it behaves, will find the black holes in “Star Trek” hilarious. The logic is also a little puzzling when Scotty can beam people into another ship in outer space, but they have to physically parachute to land on a platform in the air from which the Romulans are drilling a hole to the Earth’s core. After they land there, they fight with two Romulan guards, using ... fists and swords? The platform is suspended from Arthur C. Clark’s “space elevator,” but instead of fullerenes, the cable is made of metallic chunks the size of refrigerators.

But stop me before I get started. I mention these details only to demonstrate that the movie raises its yo-yo finger to the science, while embracing the fiction. Apart from details from the youths of the characters and the Spock reunion, it consists mostly of encounters between the Enterprise and the incomparably larger and much better armed Romulan spaceship from the future. It’s encouraging to learn that not even explosions and fires can quickly damage a starship. Also that lifeboats can save the crew, despite the vast distance from home base.

That would be because of warp speed, which for present purposes consists of looking through an unnecessary window at bright lights zapping past. This method of transportation prevents any sense of wonder at the immensity of outer space and is a convenience not only for the starship but also for the screenwriters, who can push a button and zap to the next scene. The concept of using warp speed to escape the clutches of a black hole seems like a recycling of the ancient dilemma of the rock and the hard place.

But there are affecting character moments. Young Spock is deliberately taunted in hopes he will, as a Vulcan, betray emotion. Because Zachary Quinto plays him as a bit of a self-righteous prig, it’s satisfying to see him lose it. Does poor young Spock realize he faces a lifetime of people trying to get a rise out of him? Nimoy, as the elderly Spock, must have benefitted, because he is the most human character in the film.

Chris Pine , as James Tiberius Kirk, appears first as a hot-rodding rebel who has found a Corvette in the 23rd century and drives it into the Grand Canyon. A few years after he’s put on suspension by the Academy and smuggled on board the Enterprise by Bones McCoy ( Karl Urban ), he becomes the ship’s captain. There are times when the command deck looks like Bring Your Child to School Day, with the kid sitting in daddy’s chair.

Uhura ( Zoe Saldana ) seems to have traveled through time to the pre-feminist 1960s, where she found her miniskirt and go-go boots. She seems wise and gentle and unsuited to her costume. Scotty ( Simon Pegg ) seems to have begun life as a character in a Scots sitcom. Eric Bana’s Nero destroys whole planets on the basis of faulty intelligence, but the character is played straight and is effective.

The special effects are slam-bam. Spatial relationships between spaceships are unclear because the Romulan ship and the Enterprise have such widely unmatched scales. Battles consist primarily of jump-suited crew members running down corridors in advance of smoke, sparks and flames. Lots of verbal commands seem implausibly slow. Consider, at light warp speeds, how imprecise it would be to say “At my command ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...” Between “2” and “1,” you could jump a million galaxies.

I thought about these things during “Star Trek” because I could not help myself. I understand the Star Trek science has never been intended as plausible. I understand this is not science fiction but an Ark movie using a starship. I understand that the character types are as familiar as your favorite slippers. But the franchise has become much of a muchness. The new movie essentially intends to reboot the franchise with younger characters and carry on as before. The movie deals with narrative housekeeping. Perhaps the next one will engage these characters in a more challenging and devious story, one more about testing their personalities than re-establishing them. In the meantime, you want space opera, you got it.

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Star Trek (2009)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence, and brief sexual content

127 minutes

Anton Yelchin as Chekov

Chris Hemsworth as George Kirk

Eric Bana as Capt. Nero

John Cho as Sulu

Ben Cross as Sarek

Chris Pine as James Tiberius Kirk

Leonard Nimoy as Spock Prime

Jennifer Morrison as Winona Kirk

Bruce Greenwood as Capt. Christopher Pike

Winona Ryder as Amanda Grayson

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Zoe Saldana as Uhura

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J. J. Abrams

Screenplay by

Roberto Orci
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Star Trek movies in order: Chronological and release

Number One, show me a list of all the Star Trek movies in order — both chronological and release — engage!

Star Trek movies in order (Image shows The Original Series James T Kirk, The Next Generation's Jean Luc Picard, and the Kelvin era's James T Kirk & Spock

Chronological order
Prime Timeline

The Original Series movies

The next generation movies.

Kelvin Timeline
Release order

Upcoming Star Trek movies

Raise shields, red alert — we’re going to try and put all the Star Trek movies in order. And we do mean try.

When they were focused on the Original Series era, the Star Trek movies were so easy to watch in order — the movies were numbered, everything was nice and simple. Then Picard comes in with his Next Generation buddies and suddenly numbers are out, subtitles are in. And that’s before we get all the time travel shenanigans that gave birth to the Kelvin timeline , an alternative timeline that splits off from the main canon.

It's been a long while since we've had a new Star Trek movie, with the last release — Star Trek Beyond — coming out back in 2016. Over eight years! Voyager got home from the Delta Quadrant in less time than that! Mercifully the drought is nearly over, with the Discovery spin-off movie Star Trek: Section 31 due to launch in early 2025.

So while we wait for Trek's silver screen return, we’re going to break down the various timelines and help you watch the Star Trek movies in either chronological or release order —- the Temporal Prime Directive be damned. Oh and we’re not making any judgements on the quality of the movies here, so head over to our Star Trek movies ranked list if you want to fight about whether the Kirk or Picard era movies are better.

All of the Star Trek movies are available to watch on Paramount+, along with almost all the shows — check our Star Trek streaming guide to find which nebulas the exceptions are hiding in.

Star Trek movies: Chronological order

Below is the quick version of our list if you just need to check something to win an argument, but it comes with a lot of in-universe time travel-related caveats that we'll explain below.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek: Prime Timeline

The first thing you need to know about the Star Trek films is that while they travel back and forth in time, they also diverge into two (for now) different timelines. The films of the original crew (well, the first iteration of them, anyway – more on that later) are all in what is known as the Prime Timeline.

Within the Prime Timeline, the movies are then split between The Original Series movies and The Next Generation movies.

1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Crew in Star Trek: The Motion Picture_Paramount Pictures

Release date: December 8, 1979
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley

This is the film that brought the voyages of the U.S.S. Enterprise to the big screen. An energy cloud is making its way toward Earth, destroying everything in its path. Kirk and crew intercept it and discover an ancient NASA probe at the heart of the cloud. Voyager – known as V’ger now – encountered a planet of living machines, learned all it could, and returned home to report its findings, only to find no one who knew how to answer. It’s a slow-paced film, and the costumes are about as 70s as they come, but there’s classic Star Trek at the heart of this film.

2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan (1982)_Paramount Pictures

Release date: June 4, 1982
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban

Ask a Star Trek fan what the best Star Trek movie is and more often than not, you’ll get Khan as your answer. A sequel to the events of the “Space Seed” episode of The Original Series, Khan is a retelling of Moby Dick with Khan throwing reason to the wind as he hunts his nemesis, James T. Kirk. Montalban delivers a pitch-perfect performance, giving us a Khan with charisma and obsession in equal parts.

3. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Walter Koenig, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, and George Takei in Star Trek III The Search for Spock (1984)_Paramount Pictures

Release date: June 1, 1984

Spock might have died in The Wrath of Khan, but this third entry set up the premise for his return, with the creation of the Genesis planet. Essentially a heist movie in reverse, Search for Spock has the crew defying orders from Starfleet in an attempt to reunite Spock’s consciousness with his newly-rejuvenated body. It’s not a great movie, but it does include two very important events: the rebirth of Spock and the death of Kirk’s son at the hands of the Klingons. That’ll be important a few flicks from now.

4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek IV The Voyage Home (1986)_Paramount Pictures

Release date: November 26, 1986
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Catherine Hicks

If Star Trek fans don’t say Khan is the best Star Trek movie, odds are very high they say Voyage Home is. It’s a funny film where the mission isn’t destruction, but creation – or more accurately, repairing the devastating effects of humankind’s ecological short-sightedness.

A probe arrives at Earth, knocking out the power of everything in its path as it looks for someone to respond to its message (yeah, it happens a lot). This time, however, the intended recipient is the long-extinct blue whale. To save Earth, Kirk and co. go back in time to 1980s San Francisco to snag some blue whales. The eco-messaging isn’t exactly subtle, but it doesn’t get in the way of a highly enjoyable movie.

5. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, and Laurence Luckinbill in Star Trek V The Final Frontier (1989)

Release date: June 9, 1989

A writers’ strike and Shatner’s directorial skills (or lack thereof) doomed this film before a single scene was shot. The core plot is actually pretty good: Spock’s half-brother hijacks the Enterprise so that he can meet God, which he believes to be… himself. Some Star Trek fans have an odd fondness for this movie, as it showcases the camaraderie of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy when they’re off-duty.

6. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Christopher Plummer in Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country (1991)_Paramount Pictures

Release date: December 6, 1991
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Plummer

Right, so if that Star Trek fan you’ve been talking to doesn’t choose either Khan or Voyage Home as the best Star Trek movie ever, they almost certainly name Undiscovered Country (and if they don’t, they have highly questionable taste, frankly). The Klingon moon of Praxis explodes, putting the entire Klingon race at risk. The Enterprise hosts a diplomatic entourage of Klingons, much to Kirk’s discomfort.

Remember how Klingons murdered Kirk’s son? Well, he certainly hasn’t forgotten. Kirk’s lingering rage makes him the perfect patsy for the murder of the Klingon Chancellor, sending him and McCoy to a prison planet and setting the stage for war. Christopher Plummer is perfection as a Shakespeare-quoting Klingon general with no taste for peace.

7. Star Trek: Generations

Malcolm McDowell, Brian Thompson, and Gwynyth Walsh in Star Trek Generations (1994)_Paramount Pictures

Release date: November 18, 1994
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner

And thus the torch is passed from the crew of The Original Series to that of The Next Generation. It’s a bit of a fumble, to be honest, but they all did their best to get Kirk and Picard into the same film and have it make sense. Malcolm McDowell plays Soran, a scientist who will stop at nothing to control the Nexus, a giant space rainbow that exists outside of space-time.

Soran lost his family when his home world was destroyed and he wants to re-join them (or at least an illusion of them) in the Nexus. He’s not so much a villain as a tragic figure, but the Nexus makes a meeting between Kirk and Picard possible. Not all that sensible, but possible.

8. Star Trek: First Contact

U.S.S. Enterprise battling the Borg in Star Trek First Contact (1996)_Paramount Pictures

Release date: November 22, 1996
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Alice Krige

Okay, no, for real, if your Star Trek pal didn’t pick Khan or Voyage Home or… oh, nevermind. Cueing off the iconic two-part episode “Best of Both Worlds,” in which Picard is assimilated by the Borg, First Contact sees the collective traveling back in time in order to disrupt First Contact, the day Earth’s first foray into space attracted the attention of the Vulcans, kicking off the events that would eventually lead to Starfleet’s victory over the Borg. The Borg Queen torments Picard with visions of the past and tempts Data with humanity, going so far as to give him some human skin.

The fight with the Borg aboard the Enterprise is thrilling, and the work on the surface to get first contact back on track is fun. Plus, there’s just nothing like Patrick Stewart turning it up to 11 as he lashes out at the enemy that haunts his dreams.

9. Star Trek: Insurrection

Brent Spiner and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek Insurrection (1998)_Paramount Pictures

Release date: December 11, 1998
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, F. Murray Abraham

Essentially an episode inflated for the big screen, Insurrection is about the Federation conspiring to displace a planet’s population in order to harvest the planet’s unique resource – super healing metaphasic particles. In addition to the rejuvenating natural resource, the Ba’ku also have access to exceptional technology, which they shun in favor of a more simple lifestyle.

Data malfunctions, the villains are Federation allies (and former Ba’ku!), Picard gets to knock boots with a local – Insurrection is the very definition of “fine.” Chronologically, Insurrection is relevant for rekindling the romance between Riker and Troi, but not much else.

10. Star Trek: Nemesis

Patrick Stewart and Tom Hardy in Star Trek Nemesis (2002)_Paramount Pictures

Release date: December 13, 2002
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Tom Hardy

Before he mumbled his way into our hearts as Bane, Tom Hardy was Shinzon, a clone of Picard the Romulans created in an eventually abandoned attempt to infiltrate Starfleet. Shinzon is dying, and all that will save him is a transfusion of Picard’s blood. Unfortunately, Shinzon also happens to be a megalomaniac who happens to want to destroy all life on Earth and maybe a few other planets, too, if he’s feeling saucy.

Nemesis is notable mostly for killing Data with a noble sacrifice, only to resurrect him moments later in a duplicate body found earlier by the Enterprise crew.

Star Trek: Kelvin Timeline

The last of the Prime Timeline movies failed to impress at the box office, so it was a few years before anyone tried to bring the Enterprise back to the big screen. Rather than lean on any of the TV crews, this new slate of movies would serve as a reboot, welcoming new audiences while honoring long-time fans. Welcome to the Kelvin Timeline. (For all the ins and outs, check out our Star Trek: Kelvin Timeline explained article).

11. Star Trek

John Cho, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, and Chris Pine in Star Trek (2009)_Paramount Pictures

Release date: May 8, 2009
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban

Back to the beginning! Star Trek introduces us to James T. Kirk, Spock, and “Bones” McCoy as they meet and join the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Though the plot is a relatively straightforward affair of a Romulan named Nero trying to destroy the Earth. His anger borne out of grief, what matters most is how it all came to be. In the future, Spock – the Prime Timeline version – tries to save Romulus from being destroyed by a supernova, but fails. Both his ship and Nero’s are kicked back in time, setting off a chain of events that diverge from the original, “true” timeline.

The name “Kelvin” refers to the U.S.S. Kelvin, the ship heroically captained by Kirk’s father, which is destroyed in the opening moments of the movie.

12. Star Trek Into Darkness

Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, and Chris Pine in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)_© Zade Rosenthal_Paramount Pictures

Release date: May 16, 2013
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch

The benefit of the Kelvin Timeline is that it not only allows Star Trek to explore canon material – such as Khan (he of the Wrath) – but to do something completely new with it. Khan features heavily in Into Darkness, but he has no beef with Kirk. Instead, a Starfleet Admiral is threatening the lives of Khan’s crew, forcing them to craft weapons of mass destruction.

Khan inevitably eludes captivity and strikes out against Starfleet, killing Captain Pike (and a bunch of others) in the process. Kirk and company eventually take Khan down, but not before Kirk sacrifices himself to save his crew. Don’t worry, these things don’t last in either Star Trek timeline, as Kirk gets better moments later thanks to *checks notes* Khan's super blood.

13. Star Trek Beyond

Idris Elba and Chris Pine in Star Trek Beyond (2016)_© Kimberley French_Paramount Pictures

Release date: July 22, 2016
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Idris Elba

Beyond leans into the camaraderie of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy now that they’ve had some time together, much to the movie’s benefit. The Enterprise is lured to Altamid under false pretenses, leading to much of the crew being marooned on the planet. The architect of the deception was Krall, who wants an opportunity to return to a galaxy where war is the order of the day.

Beyond is a significant point in the timeline for two reasons. First, it sadly marked the death of Spock Prime due to the passing of Leonard Nimoy. Second, it culminates in the Enterprise embarking on the five-year-mission that started everything back in 1966.

Star Trek movies: Release order

If you can't be bothered remembering two different orders for the Star Trek movies then we've got good news for you — the release order is identical to the chronological order that we've shown above (accounting for the Kelvin timeline as it's own entity anyway).

Star Trek 4

The crew of the Enterprise in Star Trek Beyond

The full run of Star Trek films currently tops out at 13 entries; the fate of the 14th was hidden within a nebula of conflicting information. “Star Trek 4” was slated for December 22, 2023, but given that filming had yet to begin as of July 2022, it seems inevitable that date will change. Back in February 2022, Paramount that the principal cast would be returning for the fourth installment of the Kelvin timeline, a claim quickly disputed by the agents of those selfsame actors. Awkward.

Soon after, however, Chris Pine eventually signed on the dotted line, and his shipmates reached their own agreements. As of right now, Kirk (Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), McCoy (Karl Urban, assuming he can make it work around filming of The Boys), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Uhura (Zoe Saldaña), and Sulu (John Cho) are all ready to beam up and get filming. Sadly, this will be the first of the Kelvin films to not feature Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov. Yelchin died in an accident at his home in 2016. It’s currently unclear if Chekov will be recast or if a different character will take his place on the bridge of the Enterprise.

Though the Kelvin timeline is often referred to as “J.J. Abrams Trek,” he won’t be directing Star Trek 4; Matt Shakman will take on that responsibility, leaving Abrams to produce. As for what it will be about, that’s anyone’s guess, but Chris Pine told Deadline he hopes this one tells a smaller story that appeals to the core Trek audience. “Let’s make the movie for the people that love this group of people, that love this story, that love Star Trek,” he said. “Let’s make it for them and then, if people want to come to the party, great.” It’s a strategy that makes sense; the disappointment with recent Trek films hasn’t been their content so much as their box office. A Trek film with a smaller scope (and budget) would almost certainly have a very healthy profit margin while also resonating with the fanbase.

With no new announcements coming from San Diego Comic-Con 2022, it seems that we’ll have to wait for any more insight into the next Star Trek film. Sill, recent comments from Paramount CEO Brian Robbins have us cautiously optimistic: “We’re deep into [Star Trek 4] with J.J. Abrams, and it feels like we’re getting close to the starting line and excited about where we’re going creatively,” he told Variety .

Still, recent comments from Paramount CEO Brian Robbins have us cautiously optimistic: “We’re deep into [Star Trek 4] with J.J. Abrams, and it feels like we’re getting close to the starting line and excited about where we’re going creatively,” he told Variety.

Since then, there hasn’t been much in the way of updates, which leaves us with the worrying prospect of Star Trek 4 being stuck in development hell. During a 2023 appearance at the 57-Year Mission convention in Las Vegas (reported by TrekMovie ), Zachary Quinto explained that creative differences were the cause of the numerous delays.

“I think there’s a lot of other stuff, creative things. It’s complicated. The fact that anything good gets made is kind of a miracle. I think it’s about different people having different agendas and ideas about what it will be.“

Star Trek: Section 31

Image showing Michelle Yeoh starring in the Section 31 movie. Here we see the actress next to large white text which reads 'Section 31.'

In the meantime, we are getting the Star Trek: Section 31 movie staring Academy Award-winning actress MichelIe Yeoh. She is reprising her role as Emperor Philip Georgiou, her character from Star Trek Discovery (well one of them anyway, mirror universes and all that). This spin-off from the TV series is coming out of warp in early 2025.

Check out our guide to Everything we know about Star trek Section 31 for more info on the upcoming movie.

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Star Trek (2009) 94%

Star Trek: First Contact (1996) 93%

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) 87%

Star Trek Beyond (2016) 86%

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) 84%

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) 83%

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) 82%

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) 79%

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) 55%

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) 53%

Star Trek Generations (1994) 48%

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) 38%

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) 23%

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Every Actor Who’s Ever Played Spock, In Order

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Out of all the characters to come out of the long-spanning Star Trek franchise, there are few that are as beloved as Spock . A stoic source of wisdom, the Vulcan has become synonymous with the image of the hit TV show created by Gene Roddenberry. While Leonard Nimoy would come to offer what is arguably the definitive performance of Spock, other actors would step into the role and make their own significant impact. At the same time, there are many actors, mostly forgotten, who played the Vulcan for but a brief, fleeting moment.

Spock's legacy continues to this day, with actor Ethan Peck being the newest iteration of the character in the critically and fan-acclaimed Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . The Vulcan is certainly set to "Live long and prosper," likely to always have a place in upcoming Star Trek productions. We will look at everyone who has played Spock up to date, placing them in chronological order.

11 Leonard Nimoy

When someone mentions Spock, most will instantly think of Leonard Nimoy . Leonard Nimoy, while having many roles throughout his career, is forever tied to the character. While the simplest reason for this is him being the first to step into the role in Star Trek: The Original Series , which ran from 1966 to 1969, it is his impeccable performance that cemented him as the definitive Spock. From mannerisms like the Vulcan salute to the raised eyebrow to lines of dialogue now integrated into pop culture, Nimoy was, by all intents and purposes, Spock. He would even carry this persona into his writing and music, fully embracing the character, albeit with a few hiccups along the way.

Still, Leonard Nimoy would come to play Spock longer than any other actor, amassing multiple credits as the logical Vulcan. His final performance as the character in Star Trek: Into Darkness from his first appearance marks 47 years; a feat only beaten by a small handful of actors, most in the realm of soap operas. Leonard Nimoy's passing in 2015 at the age of 83 was certainly felt by the fandom, but he will always be remembered for his impact on Star Trek through his performance as Spock.

Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969)
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-1974)
Star Trek: The Next Generation — Unification Parts I & II (1991)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

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10 Billy Simpson

Billy Simpson was the first of many to portray Spock in his childhood, albeit in a minor role in the episode "Yesteryear" of Star Trek: The Animated Series; a role so brief it goes uncredited. Simpson's career was short, only having a handful of minor roles. However, his most significant contribution to entertainment came through his work as a "Demented News correspondent" for the Dr. Demento Show . This legendary radio show highlighted those on the outskirts of society and fringe artists, with most knowing of him from Rainn Wilson's performance as the DJ in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story .

Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973) as Young Spock

9 Carl Steven

Many young actors got to play the iconic Vulcan because of the time-spanning story in Star Trek III: The Quest for Spock, including Carl Steven , who played a 9-year-old Spock. Carl Steven would have a modest career in TV, film, and voice acting. He is probably best known for his performance as Tommy Pervis in Honey I Shrunk the Kids or the voice of Fred Jones in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo .

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as Spock, age 9

8 Vadia Potenza

Vadia Potenza played a 13-year-old Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. This is Potenza's most significant role, and his IMDb page is pretty scant. Most of his work was behind the scenes, including 21 editor credits. Most recently, Potenza acted as associate producer on the 2022 indie comedy UFO Club, which currently stands at 8.1 with only 15 reviews; for those interested, the comedy movie is free on Tubi .

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as Spock, age 13

7 Stephen Manley

Stephen Manley would play a 17-year-old Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock . Out of all the actors to step into the role of a younger Spock, Manley would go on to be a consistent force in the industry, albeit in more minor roles and indie productions. Still, Manley is still working and has some interesting upcoming projects. Notably, he is slated to play Adolf Hitler in the sci-fi TV series The Time War .

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as Spock, age 17

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6 Joe W. Davis

The last in line to play a younger Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is Joe W. Davis , who played the Vulcan at 25. Not much is known about Davis beyond this appearance, and his following credits after Star Trek are minor cameo appearances in largely forgotten productions, with perhaps the exception being a quick appearance in the John Cusack-led comedy Better Off Dead.

"Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" (1984) as Spock, age 25

5 Frank Welker

Frank Welker may not be a household name, but almost any kid will recognize one of his voices, with over 800 credits in voice acting. Welker has voiced various Transformers in the recent blockbuster franchise, Scooby-Doo since 2002, Grafield, Curious George, Baby Kermit, and various roles in The Simpsons . This is just scratching the epic career of Frank Weller. It is not surprising he would voice Spock, though this is such a minor entry in his vast credits. Frank Welker provided some of the screams of Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock .

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as Spock, voice

4 Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto certainly had big shoes to fill when he became the first real successor to Leonard Nimoy's Spock when he was cast in J.J. Abrams' 2009 action sci-fi epic Star Trek . Leading up to this role Quinto was a relatively unknown name with his only major credit predating his stepping into the role of Vulcan, coming via a recurring role as Adam Kaufman in the popular series 24 starring Kiefer Sutherland.

Quinto's performance, which is largely considered overshadowed today, sitting between Leonard Nimoy and Ethan Peck, was well received at the time, and today many believe deserves more of a spotlight when looking at the characters' legacy. Quinto portrayed a more young and rash Spock, who carried many of the signature mannerisms of the character but also showed a youthful rebellious nature that was never explored with Nimoy's Spock. Leonard Nimoy even approved of the performance, feeling Zachary Quinto was a worthy successor.

Star Trek: Beyond (2016)

3 Jacob Kogan

Jacob Kogan would go on to play a young Spock in 2009's Star Trek. Kogan first appeared on-screen as one of the kids in the controversial TV series Wonder Showzen and followed that up with a lead role in the 2007 horror thriller Joshua . However, since his appearance in Star Trek , Kogan would go on to a few minor roles, last appearing in the 2017 made-for-TV movie Inside the Woods .

Star Trek (2009) Young Spock

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2 Liam Hughes

Liam Hughes would appear as a young Spock in three episodes of the second season of Star Trek: Discovery . The youngest actor to make this list, Hughes is still trying to make a name for himself in the industry. Still, things look promising for the young actor, who has already appeared in notable TV shows like Chilling Adventures of Sabrina , Flash , Supernatural , and Peacemaker .

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 (2019) young Spock.

1 Ethan Peck

First appearing in season two of Star Trek: Discovery (2017-2024), Ethan Peck would soon become a fan-favorite, and the announcement of his continued role in helping to redefine the original series in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was certainly welcome. Leading up to his role as Spock, Peck was a relatively unknown actor, performing minor roles in a handful of TV series and supporting roles in smaller independent films. Despite his limited experience, Peck has proven to be the perfect fit for Spock.

While you can say it is all in the voice, with Peck's calm yet deep voice reminiscent of Nimoy in a way that has sparked nostalgia, it is the balance of emotions and the logical side of the character that has made the performance feel very authentic and true to the character's legacy. Ethan Peck would also see praise from the Nimoy family, with Leonard's son, Adam Nimoy, publicly endorsing Peck's performance, praising the balance of bringing a new sensibility to the character while still honoring Spock's roots and importance to the fandom.

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2 of my favorite chris pine movies might not ever get sequels & i can’t get over it.

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Chris Pine is exceptional in both Star Trek and Dungeons & Dragons , but sequels for both movies are uncertain, leaving fans in limbo.
Pine's portrayal of Captain Kirk and Edgin Darvis are standout roles, showcasing his ability to balance drama and humor.
Despite the success of Honor Among Thieves , the future of Dungeons & Dragons 2 remains uncertain, disappointing fans eagerly awaiting a sequel.

I've seen Chris Pine in a great many movies, but two of my favorites are looking less likely to get the sequels I so desperately crave, and that's very frustrating. The actor's varied filmography makes it difficult to rank Chris Pine's best movies , but I have my own personal ranking that places two specific movies very close to the top. Annoyingly, despite them both being ripe for a continuation, they've both found themselves stuck in production hell.

Pine has the advantage of appearing in grounded movies as well as one of the greatest sci-fi franchises of all time , and other types of narratives. The two Chris Pine movies I want to see get sequels feature him walking into existing franchises and doing an awesome job. It can be a daunting task for certain actors, but Pine doesn't let the pressure get to him in either instance and does his job incredibly well. Unfortunately, it doesn't look good for my desire to see him reprise these roles - but it's not impossible either.

I’m Worried Star Trek 4 & Dungeons & Dragons 2 Will Never Happen

Chris pine should get another star trek movie as well as another d&d story.

I'm a huge Star Trek fan, so I was immediately excited when Pine was announced to be taking over the role of Captain James T Kirk as part of the 2009 Star Trek movie cast . He went on to play Kirk twice more before the reboot came to an abrupt halt. Since the third movie in Abrams' Kelvin Timeline , 2016's Star Trek Beyond , a fourth installment has been discussed a great deal, but production has yet to begin. As a result, the last of my faith that it will ever happen is starting to slip away.

With the Star Trek franchise currently in its best shape for years, I find it especially confusing that Star Trek 4 still hasn't entered production.

I'm not often a fantasy fan, but Chris Pine's presence in the cast of 2023's Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves caused me to go and see the movie. I loved what I saw, and I thought it perfectly set up what would be an incredibly enjoyable and successful franchise. However, Paramount doesn't quite seem sure whether it should pull the trigger on Dungeons & Dragons 2 . Sure, Honor Among Thieves works well on its own , but it feels like a waste to let a story set within such a popular world come to an end after a single film.

Captain Kirk & Edgin Darvis Are Two Of Chris Pine’s Best Roles

I hope to see pine return to these characters one day.

Pine can slip into almost any role, and he can balance drama with comedy terrifically. That being said, I've never been drawn in by any Chris Pine performance as much as I have while watching him embody Captain Kirk and Edgin Davis. The actor's take on the Star Trek character originated by William Shatner is brilliant, and he honors the legend while adding his own flair. He had greater freedom with Edgin , and he ran with it to create a compelling protagonist. Hopefully, I'll get to see Chris Pine bring both of these characters to life again at some point.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is a fantasy action-comedy film based on the popular tabletop game and set in the Forgotten Realms campaign by the original creators. Chris Pine stars as a song-slinging thief named Edgin Darvis, who is hired to find a lost relic but manages to anger the wrong people along the way. With his mismatched crew, each inspired by a race and class from D&D lore, Edgin will lead his team to complete their task - and many innocent lives depend on it.

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‘Star Trek’ And ‘Galaxy Quest’ Join Forces In ‘Fleet Command’ Game – Watch Launch Trailer

| August 6, 2024 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 35 comments so far

This year is the 25th anniversary of the film Galaxy Quest , an homage to the Star Trek franchise and fandom. Now the Star Trek: Fleet Command game is introducing a new Galaxy Quest story arc with exclusive missions, character unlocks, and special in-game awards.

Never give up, never surrender in Fleet Command

This morning Fleet Command publisher Scopely announced Thermians and Trek fans are set to unite for an “extraordinary crossover event that brings Galaxy Quest’s iconic characters and thrilling adventures to the expansive universe of Star Trek Fleet Command .” The crossover launches today and promises to deliver “a captivating blend of humor, nostalgia, and epic space battles.”

Here is the synopsis of the event:

In these new challenges, Galaxy Quest ’s “Jason Nesmith” inadvertently sends the NSEA Protector and her crew hurtling through the space-time continuum, launching themselves into the Star Trek Fleet Command universe. Soon attacked by the Fatu-Krey and Orion vessels, their attempt to return home using the Omega 13 device instead sends them back in time, where they meet the captain of the USS Enterprise, James T. Kirk.

Check out the launch trailer…

“For more than five years, Star Trek Fleet Command has been the ultimate destination for avid fans to immerse themselves in the Star Trek universe and connect with other fans around the world,” said Scopely’s Fleet Command General Manager Conor Crowley in a statement. “In this newest collaboration with ‘Galaxy Quest’ we’re bringing something entirely new to our players that pays homage to Star Trek fandom in a hilarious way, while staying true to the spirit of both franchises.”

Captain Jason Nesmith in Star Trek Fleet Command

“This Galaxy Quest crossover event brings a unique blend of humor and adventure to Star Trek Fleet Command ,” said Doug Rosen, SVP, Games and Emerging Media, Paramount. “It’s so exciting to bring these two powerhouse science fiction properties together, creating a thrilling new adventure for fans of both properties.”

Sarris’ ship, K’ragk-Vort’t, in Star Trek Fleet Command

Crossover event features

New Ship – NSEA Protector: The NSEA Protector, famed from the Galaxy Quest universe, emerges as a pivotal ally in Star Trek Fleet Command ‘s latest crossover event.

NSEA Protector in Star Trek Fleet Command

Galaxy Quest Missions and Server-Wide Takeover: Face off against Galaxy Quest -themed hostiles and unite with fellow commanders for a server-wide showdown against the formidable alliance of Sarris and the Klingons.

New Officers: Meet iconic new officers from the Galaxy Quest universe, each bringing unique skills and strategies to Star Trek Fleet Command .

Jason Nesmith (played by Tim Allen)
Gwen DeMarco (played by Sigourney Weaver)
Laliari (played by Missi Pyle)
Alexander Dane (Played by Alan Rickman)

Gwen DeMarco in Star Trek Fleet Command

More details on the Galaxy Quest crossover can be found at startrekfleetcommand.com and in the patch update video posted this morning.

Star Trek Fleet Command is available for free download on iOS, Android and PC. For more info and download links, visit startrekfleetcommand.com .

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too bad this “game” costs an arm and a leg, officers take literally thousands of dollars to uprade and ships take multiple years to unlock(unless of course you’re willing to spend an entire month’s paycheck to get it early)

I played this game when it first came out and it was sort of fun…. for a while. Then I got constantly pulverized by other players that basically shove money into the game. The game went from “sort of fun” to exasperating to play.

Galaxy Quest is my favorite Trek movie. :D

I’ll go so far as to say it is the most satisfying Trek movie, as in, my appreciation doesn’t come ladled with complaints, like they do for the three Trek movies I really love. Just watched it again a couple weeks back after not seeing it for something like five years, and man, it still absolutely works from start to finish, funny but also very emotionally engaging.

I’m always amazed at how effective Tim Allen is in the role, but often found Sigourney Weaver’s face (yes, I’m talking about her face) distracting, it was like they covered the natural texture or did something to it to make her look like every other person in Hollywood, and it seems like most things I’ve seen her in since also reflect this change (and it doesn’t look like aging, more the reverse.)

I’ve been meaning to revisit that film as well. It’s been a long time.

The VFX are really really good, and the crash into the con at the end is still breathtaking.

Galaxy Trek could work as a Deadpool-esque crossover movie starring Tim Allen, Sigourney,.Sam Rockwell etc and Shatner (with some TNG etc cameos)

Maybe a CGI Shatner……

Shatner deaged to 1990s era.

Plotwise i’m imagining something ridiculous/convenient like the GQ crew are battling Sarris’ species who are creating a rip in spacetime to destroy the Protector in the past, Big explosion and the Protector ends up in the Star Trek universe.. they meet Shatner Kirk (pre Generations) who ends up stealing the Enterprise-A to help them, then it goes off the rails with meta comedy, timetravel, alt timelines, cameos (TNG/Ent D, Seven, Pike, JJ crew, multiple Spocks).. Box office 850m and counting ..

It has to be an animation of Shatner. All he has left in the tank these days are gigs where he sits and talks. Taking on an action flick would kill him. Disney dropped a mountain of money deaging Harrison Ford. Indiana Jones is arguably as well-known a character as James Kirk, and Dial of Destiny was a disaster. Selling this concept would require it be made on the cheap. Real cheap…..

Might have the an animated P+ movie (could include a Rickman soundalike then too).

Animated in 80s cartoon style (when GQ was supposed to be on TV and Trek films were at their peak)

Spielberg should have directed DoD, he would made it better.

I walked out of Crystal Skull feeling like I needed a penicillin shot. It destroyed any interest I’d have in the further adventures of grandad Indy. The character’s great, but like Bond, it won’t hurt to recast Indy from time to time.

CS had its moments but Spielberg’s heart was not in it. He showed more passion for this kind of action with ‘tin tin’.

A film concept artist on Instagram revealed his art for Spielberg/Koepp version of Indy 5 which wasn’t the Dial of Destiny, had young Indy in Chinese temples, Nazi submarine and locomotive, and a Lara Croft type sidekick (either Ana De Armes or Felicity Jones from Rogue 1)

Sad news- patti yasutake r i p

Would’ve loved for Nurse (or Doctor!) Ogawa to show in Picard, or even Prodigy! Rest in Peace and Power, Patti! 🪷

Sad news, the actress who played Nurse Ogawa on TNG died. Reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

This deserves coverage. Such a delightful actress, and a lovely character. To hell with cancer.

It deserves a story at least as much as a money-sucking video game, but topics like this seem passe on this site.

It was mentioned on their social media sites.

And for those that prefer not to visit those sites? I gave up on FB ages ago, between the scam ads and toxic attitudes. I can catch up with family vacation pics when we get together :D .. Twitter er X er no thanks won’t feed that guy’s ego, and TikTok is the land of faux experts. I prefer a curated website like this one. It is more work, of course, than simply posting a blurb on Twitter or FB.

I came here specifically looking for a tribute.

The only game I’m interested in is Grand Theft Auto 6.

The “played by” Tag ist pretty much missleading. It indicates that the characters are voiced by the og actors.

Rickman being no longer alive is a bit of a giveaway there.

Is Galaxy Quest currently owned by Paramount?

I’d say add The Orville, but that’s Disney.

Looking over it, Paramount took over DreamWorks (who made Galaxy Quest) almost 20 years ago, but sold off the DreamWorks film library shortly after. And apparently Paramount and DreamWorks parted ways again some years later. So no idea who owns what.

Looking it up, it seems Paramount bought back the library but sold the studio. The DVD is distributed by Paramount and all future plans (various plans for a TV series, mostly) are being handled (or not) by Paramount.

This strongly makes me wish I enjoyed or still played this game. I love the idea, at least!

It’s sad times when Galaxy Quest seems far less of a parody/joke than nuTrek.

I always laugh at people who say Galaxy Quest is a Trek movie — even putting aside those who say it’s the BEST trek movie. It doesn’t look like Trek, it doesn’t feel like Trek, it doesn’t use the name Star Trek. It’s not Star Trek. Same with Orville. Might as well call anything with a space ship and an intergalactic empire Star Trek.

Also, this crossover is fun, but that’s all it really is. Of course, I find it hard to believe they got Alan Rickman back as the article implies. Bad writing, that.

I think it looked like the way Trek wanted to look (regarding space exteriors anyway), but couldn’t afford.

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Starfleet Academy: An Updated Cast List For The Latest Star Trek Series

There are a lot of people involved.

Mary Wiseman posing in a starfleet uniform as Tilly in Star Trek: Discovery

Starfleet Academy is arguably the most exciting upcoming Star Trek series on the way, and a lot of that is thanks to the spectacular cast involved. We have Oscar winners, Emmy winners and people who rank among the best Trek characters of all time coming together to tell a story centered on the education system all members of Starfleet must go through to find their way to service.

From Holly Hunter to Robert Picardo, we'll travel down the list of big stars in this series, and also highlight the young actors that will almost surely go on to be in the future of Star Trek . Here's a breakdown of who we'll see in the new series, which takes place in the 32nd century, around the same timeframe as the final seasons of Star Trek: Discovery .

Holly Hunter

Starfleet Academy casting Holly Hunter was the first sign this series was seeking big names to bring in, and who better to announce first? The Academy Award-winning actress has a large body of work for readers to watch to prove she's up to the task of chancellor of the prestigious academy.

Paul Giamatti

Starfleet Academy delivered a one-two punch fresh off the casting of Holly Hunter by announcing an Emmy winner and Oscar nominee will also join the cast: Paul Giamatti . Not only is Giamatti has consistently been one of the top names in Hollywood in his career, but he's also a pretty big Star Trek fan. Word is he'll be playing a villainous role in this show, but we'll have to wait and see exactly what that means.

After wrapping up her time in Star Trek: Discovery , Jett Reno is joining Starfleet Academy as a series regular. This means we'll likely be seeing more of Jett than we did in Discovery , similar to when Miles O'Brien went from The Next Generation to Deep Space Nine . Jett is kind of a jack of all trades and will make for a great instructor, though I expect she'll be overseeing the future engineering crews of Starfleet.

Robert Picardo

Robert Picardo became one of Star Trek: Voyager 's most beloved characters as the EMH, and he had a wonderful return arc in Prodigy Season 2. Being a hologram has its disadvantages, but one advantage is you can be around 1000 years into the future and no one bats an eye. Picardo will play his EMH/The Doctor as an instructor in the new series and bring a wealth of Starfleet knowledge along with him.

Mary Wiseman

In what was perhaps the most obvious addition to the cast of Starfleet Academy , Mary Wiseman will reprise her role from Star Trek: Discovery as Sylvia Tilly. It seemed obvious considering she had joined the Academy as an instructor in Discovery , and even had an episode with her cadets that felt like a backdoor pilot for the spinoff. Her role is recurring, so we'll likely see her as an instructor every so often, and maybe she'll welcome some old crewmates to the classroom as well. Hopefully now that the news is out, Wiseman can forgive us for putting her on the spot about the casting.

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As the Fleet Admiral of Starfleet, it's of little surprise that Oded Fehr's Vance is going to be involved in Starfleet Academy . He's been one of the biggest faces of Starfleet we've seen in the 32nd century, and a way of showing what's happening in the universe at large while these students are training at the facility. Fehr is a great actor, so it'll be nice to see more of him in the Star Trek show.

Gina Yashere

Gina Yashere may not be a name Star Trek fans are familiar with, but she's been a big part of CBS primetime for a while. She was the co-creator and a supporting character on the acclaimed comedy sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola , and has had recurring guest roles on shows like The Neighborhood as well. Now she joins Starfleet Academy in an undisclosed role, and I'm wondering if it will be comedic given her past work.

Kerrice Brooks

Actress Kerrice Brooks is one to watch for Starfleet Academy . She's set to be a part of the Aubrey Plaza -led movie My Old Ass later this year, and is a dancer who has appeared in music videos for Kelly Rowland and Billie Eilish. Unfortunately, we know nothing about her incoming character, but I'd love to see her dancing skills incorporated into the cadet.

Bella Shepard

We don't know much about Bella Shepard's character in Starfleet Academy , but she's no stranger to appearing on a show available with a Paramount+ subscription . She played Blake Navarro in the canceled Sarah Michelle Gellar series Wolf Pack , and while the show didn't last long, Shepard left a strong enough impression to snag a role in the Star Trek series.

George Hawkins

George Hawkins joins Starfleet Academy as one of its hopeful cadets looking to make a splash and join a ship by the time his education ends. He's no stranger to a series centered around cadets, as he was part of the ITVX series Tell Me Everything . I can't wait to see him in this role and wonder what he may be doing.

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Karim Diané

A couple years after appearing on the streaming series One Of Us Is Lying , Karim Diané is now on Starfleet Academy . There's no word as to what his role will be on the series, but considering he first rose to prominence in the United States through fame on the series X Factor , I would hope there's some singing involved in his performance. Who knows, maybe there's a species that exclusively communicates in song in the 32nd century?

Zoë Steiner

Zoë Steiner is rolling right off of a performance in Significant Others right into Starfleet Academy , and rounds out the list of cadets we'll see in this series. As if it needs to be said at this point we have absolutely no clue what she'll be doing beyond being one of the characters featured in the series, but I do hope that all of these cadets interact with each other in some meaningful way.

Starfleet Academy is getting ready to start filming, but we don't have a release date for it just yet. Stick with CinemaBlend as we wait for more details on the series and, of course, report on all the 2024 TV shows that people should watch in the meantime.

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Legacy Cast Joins Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Series

Returning Star Trek favorites Tig Notaro, Oded Fehr, Mary Wiseman, and Robert Picardo were announced at San Diego Comic-Con!

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Paramount+ today announced that Tig Notaro ( Star Trek: Discovery ), Oded Fehr (S tar Trek: Discovery ), Mary Wiseman (S tar Trek: Discovery ) and Robert Picardo ( Star Trek: Voyager ) have joined the season one cast of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy in various roles and special guest appearances , ahead of beginning production on its highly-anticipated first season next month.

(L-R) Tig Notaro, Oded Fehr, Mary Wiseman, and Robert Picardo

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The announcements were made during today's Star Trek universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con where the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy panel featured an exclusive conversation with executive producers and co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau. A casting reaction video featuring the previously announced actors playing cadets, Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, George Hawkins, Karim Diané and Zoë Steiner, was also revealed.

Notaro and Picardo join as series regulars reprising their roles as Jett Reno and The Doctor, and Fehr and Wiseman join as guest stars reprising their roles as Admiral Vance and Sylvia Tilly. Additional previously announced cast members include Holly Hunter and recurring guest stars Gina Yashere and Paul Giamatti .

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Produced by CBS Studios, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will follow the adventures of a new class of Starfleet cadets as they come of age in one of the most legendary places in the galaxy. The series will introduce viewers to this young group of cadets as they come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they will discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.

Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau serve as co-showrunners and executive produce the series alongside executive producers Gaia Violo, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Jenny Lumet, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Frank Siracusa and John Weber. The series' premiere episode is written by Gaia Violo. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

The Star Trek franchise on Paramount+ also includes the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery , Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , Star Trek: Lower Decks , and Star Trek: Section 31 , an upcoming original movie with Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh. All seasons of the critically-acclaimed original series Star Trek: Picard , starring Patrick Stewart reprising the iconic role of Jean-Luc Picard, are also available to stream.

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Cho can next be seen in the upcoming sci-fi horror film Afraid opposite Katherine Waterston which opens on August 30. He is best known for his portrayal of Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek (2009) and its two sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016) and Harold Lee in the Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg hit comedy Harold & Kumar franchise led by Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). His recent credits include HBO’s The Sympathizer , The Afterparty for Apple TV+, Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop and Fox’s The Exorcist for TV. His film credits include Don’t Make Me Go (2022), The Grudge (2019) and The Graduates , which he also executive produced.

Tempest reunites Cho and Gorham, who starred in the ABC series Ugly Betty .

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Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction adventure film directed by J. J. Abrams, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the 11th film of the Star Trek film franchise and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series, portrayed by a new cast and ...
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The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no ...
Star Trek movie review & film summary (2009)
The 2009 "Star Trek" film goes back eagerly to where "Star Trek" began, using time travel to explain a cast of mostly the same characters, only at a younger point in their lives, sailing the Starship Enterprise. As a story idea, this is sort of brilliant and saves on invention, because young Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Scotty and the ...
Star Trek (2009)
Synopsis. The young crew onboard for the maiden voyage of the most advanced starship ever created, the U.S.S. Enterprise, must find a way to stop the evil Nero (Eric Bana), whose mission of vengeance threatens all of mankind. But the fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals born worlds apart. One, James Tiberius Kirk (Chris Pine ...
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All Star Trek Movies Ranked by Tomatometer
(Photo by Paramount) All Star Trek Movies Ranked by Tomatometer. Star Trek (2009) celebrates its 15th anniversary!. We're boldly ranking the Star Trek movies by Tomatometer, from the original film series (1979's The Motion Picture to The Undiscovered Country), into the handoff to films featuring the Next Generation cast (Generations to Nemesis), and through to the reboot series (2009's ...
Every Actor Who's Ever Played Spock, In Order
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2 Of My Favorite Chris Pine Movies Might Not Ever Get Sequels & I Can't
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'Star Trek' And 'Galaxy Quest' Join Forces In 'Fleet Command' Game
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Starfleet Academy: An Updated Cast List For The Latest Star Trek Series
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Legacy Cast Joins Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Series
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